Photo From North Korea Funeral Was Doctored

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From North Korea, an Altered Procession

A photograph distributed by North Korea’s state news agency and transmitted to news organizations on Wednesday was altered using Photoshop.

via Lens Blog: http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/12/28/from-north-korea-an-altered-procession/?pagewanted=all

perhaps it was because the scene was so nearly impeccable that someone — an overzealous North Korean photo editor? — appears to have taken issue with an errant group of men, barely noticeable in a sweeping photograph of the procession in central Pyongyang, and removed them