Children carry flowers as they visit the statues of late North Korean leaders Kim Il-Sung and Kim Jong-Il to pay their respects on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the birth of Kim Jong-Il, at Mansudae hill in Pyongyang on February 16, 2017. North Korea marks Kim Jong-Il's February 16 birthday as the “Day of the Shining Star”, although accounts differ as to where and when he was born. (Photo by Ed Jones/AFP Photo)
