North Korea marks 60th anniversary of Korean war armistice with parade and fireworks - in pictures

North Korean students use different coloured card to form a picture of a child in uniform as a background during a mass gymnastic and artistic performance – 'Arirang' – as part of celebrations ahead of the 60th anniversary of the signing of a truce in the 1950-1953 Korean war Photograph: Jason Lee/Reuters

The students form portraits of the late North Korean leaders Kim Il-sung and Kim Jong-il Photograph: Jason Lee/Reuters

Dancers perform at the 150,000-seat Rungnado May Day stadium in Pyongyang Photograph: Ed Jones/AFP/Getty Images

North Korean soldiers wait by a tank ahead of a military parade in Pyongyang Photograph: Ed Jones/AFP/Getty Images

Women wearing traditional dress wave flowers Photograph: Ed Jones/AFP/Getty Images

A North Korean missile rolls by as coloured smoke trails left by flying aircraft streak the sky Photograph: David Guttenfelder/AP

Soldiers march in Pyongyang Photograph: Jason Lee/Reuters

Women soldiers march past Kim Il-sung square Photograph: Ed Jones/AFP/Getty Images

Male soldiers march during the parade Photograph: Ed Jones/AFP/Getty Images

Tanks pass through Kim Il-sung square as helicopters fly above the military parade Photograph: Ed Jones/AFP/Getty Images

North Korean veterans wave to their leader Kim Jong-un Photograph: David Guttenfelder/AP

North Korea's leader Kim Jong-un waves to the people during the parade Photograph: Jason Lee/Reuters

North Koreans wave flowers Photograph: Ed Jones/AFP/Getty Images

A North Korean couple hold hands as they walk on Kim Il-sung square following the parade Photograph: Ed Jones/AFP/Getty Images

Fireworks go off over Pyongyang to commemorate the signing of the truce Photograph: Jason Lee/Reuters