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Chang W. Lee, a photographer for The Times, got a rare outsider's glimpse of North Korea during a trip he took as part of a contingent of journalists traveling with the New York Philharmonic for a landmark concert. At left, soldiers crossed Taedong River on Tuesday morning in Pyongyang, North Korea. Juche Tower is in the background.

Chang W. Lee/The New York Times