The World Reacts to Kim Jong Il's Death
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People participate in a memorial service in Tokyo to mourn late North Korean leader Kim Jong Il sponsored by by the General Association of Korean Residents in Japan. North Korea declared Kim Jong Il's son and successor "supreme leader" of the ruling party, military and the people during a memorial in Pyongyang.
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Kim Jong Un walks beside the hearse carrying the coffin of his late father Kim Jong Il during a funeral procession in Pyongyang.
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In this image made from KRT video, North Korea's next leader, Kim Jong Un, is seen during a memorial service for his father in Pyongyang.
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People watch the memorial service for Kim Jong-Il on television at a train station in Seoul.
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Thousands take part in a national memorial service for late North Korean leader Kim Jong Il in Pyongyang.
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Military personnel observe a silent prayer during a national memorial service for Kim Jong Il in Pyongyang.
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Ethnic Koreans in Japan pay respects to Kim Jong-Il during a memorial service at a Korean cultural center in Tokyo as Pyongyang marks the end of an official period of mourning.
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A North Korean soldier stands guard beside the Yalu River on the day of the memorial service for the late leader Kim Jong-Il at the Chinese-North Korean border town of Dandong.
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Kim Jong-Un and Jang Song-Thaek walk beside the convoy carrying the body of late leader Kim Jong-Il at Kumsusan Memorial Palace in Pyongyang.
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The funeral procession for North Korea's late leader Kim Jong-Il arrives at the square of the Kumsusan Memorial Palace in Pyongyang. Tens of thousands of weeping North Koreans bade farewell to longtime leader Kim Jong-Il as his young son and successor walked beside his father's coffin through a snowbound Pyongyang.
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A car carries a portrait of Kim Jong-Il during the funeral procession in Pyongyang.
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A car is surrounded by mourners as it carries the casket containing Kim Jong-Il's body during the funeral procession.
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Mourners react as a car carrying Kim Jong-Il's body passes during the funeral procession.
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Military personnel react during the funeral procession for Kim Jong-Il.
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Mourners react as a car carrying Kim Jong-Il's body passes during the funeral procession.
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Protesters set off fireworks during a rally to celebrate the death of Kim Jong-Il in Seoul, South Korea.
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Protesters tear a portrait of Kim Jong-Il during a rally to celebrate his death in Seoul, South Korea.
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South Korean activists try to enter the office of pro-unification civic group after one of its members entered North Korea to send her condolences for late North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il at a rally in Seoul, South Korea.
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North Korean mourners leave a restaurant after watching a telecast of the funeral of Kim Jong-Il, at the North Korean and Chinese border town of Dandong.
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South Korean soldiers stand guard at the border village of Panmunjom, South Korea.
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Anti-North Korea activists attend a rally to protest the South Korean condolence delegation which crossed into North Korea in Seoul, South Korea.
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A North Korean soldier looks out at South Korea at the border village of Panmunjom in the demilitarized zone in South Korea. North Korea has tightened internal security and put troops on alert since the announcement of leader Kim Jong Il's death in moves to consolidate power behind his young son and heir, South Korean intelligence indicated.
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North Koreans mourn the death of Kim Jong Il in Pyongyang. North Korea said that millions of grief-stricken people turned out to mourn "Dear Leader" Kim Jong-Il, whose death has left the world scrambling for details about his young successor.
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A TV screen shows a picture of the late North Korean leader Kim Jong Il at a shopping mall in Beijing, China.
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Mourners bow as they pay their respects to Kim Jong Il in Pyongyang, North Korea.
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In this photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, North Koreans gather in front of the statue of the country's founder Kim Il Sung at Mansu Hill in Pyongyang, North Korea, to pay their respects to their leader Kim Jong Il, son of Kim Il Sung.
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Pyongyang citizens pay respects in front of a portrait of Kim Jong Il at the Grand People's Study House in Kim Il Sung Square. 21, 2011.
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Pyongyang citizens grieve as they visit a portrait of Kim Jong Il.
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In this image from AP video, mourners gather to lay flowers in mourning for Kim Jong Il, at the main square in central Pyongyang. North Korea has tightened security in cities, put troops on alert and won loyalty pledges from top generals after leader Kim Jong Il's death as it consolidates power behind his anointed heir, South Korean intelligence indicated.
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Voluntary medical workers support a woman who fainted while visiting a portrait of Kim Jong Il at Kim Il Sung Square.
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A group of North Koreans take part in an organized display of mourning in front of a portrait of Kim Jong Il.
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North Korean traffic officers pay their respects at a portrait of late North Korean leader Kim Jong Il in Pyongyang, North Korea, Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2011. (AP Photo)
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The portrait of late North Korean leader Kim Jong Il hangs surrounded with condolence wreaths in an office of the North Korean consulate in the Chinese border city of Dandong, in China's northeastern Liaoning province.
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In this photo released by the Korean Central News Agency, North Koreans gather in the Kim Il Sung Square to pay their respects to their leader Kim Jong Il.
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Mourners carry a wreath as they arrive to pay respects to the body of North Korean leader Kim Jong Il at the Kumsusan Memorial Palace in Pyongyang, North Korea.
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Mourners view the body of Kim Jong Il at the Kumsusan Memorial Palace.
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In this photo released by the Korean Central News Agency, North Korean military personnel cry as they visit the Kumsusan Memorial Palace to pay their respects to their leader Kim Jong Il in Pyongyang.
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Former North Korean defectors prepare to release balloons bearing leaflets condemning North Korean leader Kim Jong Il and his son Kim Jong Un during an anti-North Korea demonstration at the Imjingak Pavilion near the border village of Panmunjom in Paju, South Korea.
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North Korean defectors shout slogans denouncing Kim Jong Il in downtown Seoul, South Korea.
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In this photo released by China's Xinhua news agency, North Koreans living in China mourn the death of their leader Kim Jong Il at the North Korean Embassy in Beijing, China.
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South Korean Christians pray for the North Korean people at the Imjingak observation post, near the Demilitarized zone separating South and North Korea in Paju, South Korea.
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North Koreans leave the North Korean embassy after mourning the death of Kim Jong Il, in Beijing.
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Japanese people read newspapers which announcing the death of Kim Jong Il in Tokyo.
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