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North Korea rocket launch – in pictures

North Korea missile: South Korea reacts to North Korean missile launch
South Korean conservative activists protest in Seoul against the rocket launch Photograph: Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images
North Korea missile: South Korean conservative activists set fire to a mock North Korean missile
Protesters in Seoul set fire to a mock North Korean missile next to an effigy of the North Korean leader, Kim Jong-un Photograph: JUNG YEON-JE/AFP/Getty Images
North Korea missile: South Korean conservative activists shout slogans with placards in Seoul
South Korean protesters carry placards showing the crossed-out face of Kim Jong-un Photograph: Jung Yeon-je/AFP/Getty Images
North Korea missile: A man wearing Santa Claus costume, tears a mock missile during a rally
A man wearing Santa Claus costume tears a mock missile during a rally Photograph: Lee Jin-man/AP
North Korea missile: South Korea Reacts To North Korean Missile Launch
Protesters at the rally in Seoul Photograph: Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images
North Korea missile: South Korean conservative protesters burn a mockup of a missile
The mockup of a North Korean missile is burned in Seoul Photograph: Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images
North Korea missile: South Korean president Lee Myung-bak meeting
The South Korean president, Lee Myung-bak, centre, at an emergency meeting at the presidential Cheong Wa Dae office in Seoul shortly after North Korea launched a long-range rocket Photograph: Cheong Wa Dae/EPA
North Korea missile: Travellers watch a TV screen broadcasting news about rocket launch
A TV screen at a railway station in Seoul broadcasts news about the rocket launch Photograph: Jung Yeon-Je/AFP/Getty Images
North Korea missile: A man watches a TV screen broadcasting news on North Korea's rocket launch
A man at the railway station watches news of the launch Photograph: JUNG YEON-JE/AFP/Getty Images
North Korea missile: North Korean TV showing a female announcer
An announcer on North Korean TV reads a statement on the rocket launch Photograph: North Korean Tv/AFP/Getty Images
North Korea missile: A clerk watches TV screens, airing file footage
TV screens show news of the launch at an electronics shop in Seoul Photograph: Lee Jin-man/AP
North Korea missile: Japan Reacts North Korea's Missile Launch
The mayor of Ishigaki, Yoshitaka Nakayama, and Self-Defence Force staff react in the city in Okinawa, Japan, after the J-Alert nationwide warning system announced the rocket launch Photograph: The Asahi Shimbun/Getty Images
North Korea missile: A Self-Defense Force dashes at PAC-3 patriot miss
The Self-Defence Force reacts in Ishigaki after North Korea's rocket launch Photograph: The Asahi Shimbun/The Asahi Shimbun via Getty Imag
North Korea missile: A worker of one of Japan's major newspapers hands out extra editions
A worker for one of Japan's major newspapers hands out extra editions on a street in downtown Tokyo. The publications have been reporting on a rocket launch by North Korea Photograph: Kazuhiro Nogi/AFP/Getty Images
Korea rocket launch: Technicians monitoring the launch of the satellite
Photo released by the official KCNA news agency showing technicians monitoring the launch of the satellite Kwangmyongsong-3 at the control centre Photograph: Xinhua/KCNA/Corbis
Korea rocket launch: Scientists and technicians control the launch
Scientists and technicians control the launch of North Korea's Unha-3 rocket at the General Satellite Control and Command Centre in Pyongyang Photograph: AP
Korea rocket launch: The Unha-3 carrier rocket launching
Photo released by the official KCNA news agency showing the Unha-3 carrier rocket launching with the satellite Kwangmyongsong-3, on a monitor screen at the satellite control centre Photograph: ZUMA/Rex Features
Korea rocket launch: North Korean employees at a restaurant applaud
Employees at a restaurant applaud a TV broadcast announcing that the rocket launch was a success, in Pyongyang, North Korea Photograph: AP
Korea rocket launch: North Koreans dance to celebrate their country's rocket lauch
North Koreans dance to celebrate their country's rocket lauch in Pyongyang Photograph: Kyodo/Reuters
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