Gifted students attend class at Pyongyang No. 1 Senior-Middle School, which was founded in 1984. There are similar schools in each province, but this one is considered the best.

At the Changgwang Health and Recreation Complex, which features a swimming pool and spa, hairdresser Kim Song Hui gives a customer a trim.

Female traffic officers like O Yong Ae are a common sight on the streets of Pyongyang. They’re chosen for their looks and have a mandatory retirement age of 26, according to an Agence France-Presse report.

Children of the North Korean elite are educated at Kim Il Sung University, a sprawling campus of laboratories, libraries, and museums in Pyongyang.

In the employee shop of the country’s largest textile factory, workers can buy undergarments and other goods.

A family poses behind a tribute to the North Korean space program at a water park in Pyongyang.