Photographer’s Rare Images Reveal Everyday Life in North Korea

At the end of each day, North Korean officials would review all of the photographs taken by Tariq Zaidi — deleting the ones they didn't approve of. But then Zaidi was lucky to be capturing any images at all from inside the hermit state. Only 5,000 non-Chinese tourists are estimated to visit North Korea each year and the Covid-19 pandemic saw the socialist state pull up the drawbridge entirely. However, Zaidi was fortunate to have visited twice before Covid and tells PetaPixel he wanted to "explore the ordinary in this extraordinary state." However, what he explored and got to see…