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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, far right, applauds with senior military officials at an unveiling ceremony for the statues. It is thought that North Korea could now press ahead with its third nuclear test to show its military strength. (AP)

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The Whisky a Go Go's marquee in Los Angeles honours musician Ray Manzarek of The Doors. Manzarek, the keyboardist and founding member of The Doors, who had a dramatic impact on rock'n'roll, has died aged 74. The Doors were the Whisky a Go Go opening band in 1966. (AP)

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The devastation in Oklahoma came almost exactly two years after an enormous twister ripped through the city of Joplin, Missouri, killing 158 people and injuring hundreds more. (AP)

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