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May Day Parade in North Korea

May Day Parade in North Korea
Thousands of North Koreans participate in the country’s elaborate and colorful celebrations of May Day. The flags show a hammer and sickle—traditional Communist symbols for industrial workers and farm laborers—as well as a spear symbolizing the army.
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