NKOREA-WAR-ARMISTICE-ANNIVERSARY

A general view shows people listening to North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un prior to an 'Arrirang Festival mass games display' at the 150,000-seat Rungnado May Day Stadium in Pyongyang on July 26, 2013. Arrirang performances feature some 100,000 participants to create a 'synchronized socialist-realist spectacular in a 90 minute display of gymnastics, dance, acrobatics, and dramatic performance, in a highly politicized package' according to the China-based North Korean travel company Koryo Tours. North Korea is preparing to mark the 60th anniversary of the end of the Korean War which ran from 1950 to 1953, with a series of performances, festivals, and cultural events culminating with a large military parade. AFP PHOTO / Ed Jones (Photo credit should read Ed Jones/AFP via Getty Images)