Worldview: North Korea daily life

For today's installment of AP’s Worldview: Daily Life series, we focus on North Korea.A farmer harvests a cabbage from her main crop, a nurse comforts a baby at a nursery inside Pyongyang Maternity Hospital, and a bride and groom pose for a photograph at the Moranbong Hill - below is a selection of our daily life coverage by photographers Wong Maye-E, David Guttenfelder, Ng Han Guan and Alexander F. Yuan.

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In this Monday, Jan. 16, 2012 photo, light shines through a window on to a tank filled with goldfish inside an office at the Korean Central News Agency building in Pyongyang, North Korea. Daily life to the North Korean capital has begun to return to normal one month after late leader Kim Jong Il's death. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder)

North Korea Mount Paektu

In this Wednesday, April 4, 2012 photo, a North Korean soldier, working as a guide, walks through a forest that is said to be a former camp site where the late North Korean leader Kim Il Sung overnight while leading a battle against the Japanese at the foot of Mount Paektu, North Korea. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder)

North Korea Farmers

A farmer carries a fully grown cabbage after plucking it out from the main crop which will be harvested early next month, and used to make Kimchi, Friday, Oct. 24, 2014 at the Chilgol vegetable farm on the outskirts of Pyongyang, North Korea. It looks like the residents of Pyongyang won’t be lacking for cabbage and vegetables come next month, when the crops will be harvested. Providing enough food to feed the nation is always a struggle for North Korea, which suffered a near cataclysmic famine in the 1990s but has since managed to increase its agricultural production to what international organizations believe is closer to the self-sufficiency level than the country has seen in years. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)

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A North Korean nurse comforts a baby at a nursery inside Pyongyang Maternity Hospital in Pyongyang, North Korea on Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2013. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder)

North Korea Daily Life

A North Korean village is blanketed in snow at the base of a mountain as the sun sets near Pyongyang, North Korea Thursday, Dec. 12, 2013. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder)

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In this photo taken Tuesday, Nov. 20, 2012, a North Korean man fetches water from a water canal north of Mount Kuwol in South Hwanghae province, North Korea. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

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North Korean war veterans of the Korean War watch the "Arirang" mass games song-and-dance ensemble at the May Day stadium, Friday, July 26, 2013 on the eve of the 60th anniversary of the Korean War armistice in Pyongyang, North Korea. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)

North Korea Daily Life

A residential complex is seen on Monday, July 22, 2013 in downtown Pyongyang, North Korea. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)

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In this Tuesday, April 23, 2013 photo, a North Korean traffic policeman stands at an intersection in Kaesong, North Korea. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder)

North Korea Koreas Armistice

A man is silhouetted against a statue of the late North Korean leader Kim Il Sung at the newly opened Fatherland Liberation War Museum as part of celebrations for the 60th anniversary of the Korean War armistice in Pyongyang, North Korea. Saturday, June 27, 2013(AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)

North Korea Daily Life

A North Korean tour guide stands on the top of Juche Tower in Pyongyang and looks down at the capital city below on Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2013. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder)

North Korea Daily Life

North Koreans play shooting games in an arcade at the Kaeson Youth Amusement Park, Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2014 in Pyongyang, North Korea. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)

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AP10ThingsToSee- North Koreans enjoy a ride at the Kaeson Youth Amusement Park, Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2014 in Pyongyang, North Korea. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)

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North Korean children break into laughter as they try to catch one another while rollerblading at the Kim Il Sung Square, Sunday, Oct. 26, 2014 in Pyongyang, North Korea. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)

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A portrait of late North Korean leader Kim Il Sung glows from a spot light as dusk descends upon Pyongyang, North Korea, Friday, Dec. 14, 2012. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

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In this photo taken Saturday, Oct. 25, 2014, a North Korean bride and groom pose for a photograph at the Moranbong hill where they went to take wedding pictures, in Pyongyang, North Korea. The couple, Ri Ok Ran, 28 and Kang Sung Jin, 32, were married Saturday after dating for about two years. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)

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In this Friday, June 21, 2013 photo, a woman arranges flowers in front of a painting depicting the late leaders Kim Il Sung, left, and Kim Jong Il at the lobby of a hotel in Haeju city, South Hwanghae Province, North Korea. (AP Photo/Alexander F. Yuan)

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North Koreans dine at the Ongnyugwan, a popular noodle restaurant, Monday, Sept. 1, 2014 in Pyongyang, North Korea. The restaurant, built in 1960 at the instructions of the late leader Kim Il Sung, claims to serve 10,000 lunches a day. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)

North Korea Japan Soccer Showdown

In this photo taken Oct. 11, 2011, North Koreans soccer fans react in the stands of Pyongyang's Yanggakdo stadium during a FIFA World Cup 2012 qualifying soccer match against Uzbekistan. North Korea faces off against Japan's national soccer team in Pyongyang on Nov. 15 in a much-anticipated World Cup qualifier that promises to be about far more than just football. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder)

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Lead Image Caption: In this Friday, June 21, 2013 photo, a woman arranges flowers in front of a painting depicting the late leaders Kim Il Sung, left, and Kim Jong Il at the lobby of a hotel in Haeju city, South Hwanghae Province, North Korea. (AP Photo/Alexander F. Yuan)

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