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North Koreans lay flowers in front of giant bronze statues of former leaders in Pyongyang, as the country marks the anniversary of the birth of Kim Jong Il, the late father of current ruler Kim Jong Un. IMAGES
Asked about a report that North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un is in a serious condition after being treated after surgery, US President Donald Trump tells reporters: "I wish him well." SOUNDBITE
Catalan separatist leader Carles Puigdemont, who fled Spain over a failed 2017 independence bid, draws vast crowds of supporters to a rally in southern France near the Catalan border. It is the first time the former Catalan president has ventured so close to the Spanish frontier since he fled to Brussels to escape prosecution following the failed secession bid that sparked Spain's worst political crisis in decades. IMAGES
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un crosses the border into Russia for a first summit with Vladimir Putin, as Pyongyang seeks support in its nuclear deadlock with the United States. The talks, organised in secret and announced at the last minute, will be Kim's first face-to-face meeting with another head of state since negotiations with US President Donald Trump in Hanoi collapsed in February. IMAGES of Kim Jong Un welcomed by Russian officials
North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un appears in the capital Pyongyang ahead of opening a prestige housing project. IMAGES