Visitors bowing in front of statues of
North Korean leaders
Kim Il-sung and
Kim Jong-il at the
Mansu Hill Grand Monument in
Pyongyang, North Korea. These statues, each 22 metres (72 ft) tall, are central to the complex, which also includes monuments titled
Anti-Japanese Revolutionary Struggle and
Socialist Revolution. The statue of Kim Il-sung was completed in 1972, in celebration of his 60th birthday. The statue of Kim Jong-il was added in 2011, following his death.
Photograph: Bjørn Christian Tørrissen