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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un presides over a politburo meeting of the ruling Workers' Party, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, May 17, 2022, in this photo released May 18, 2022 by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA). KCNA via REUTERS
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People watch a TV broadcasting a news report on the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) outbreak in North Korea, at a railway station in Seoul, South Korea on 17 May 2022. Photo: Reuters.
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A road with little traffic is seen next to an area under lockdown following the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Chaoyang district of Beijing, China April 27, 2022. REUTERS/Thomas Suen/File Photo
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