Workers’ Party Congress preparations in Pyongyang

People participating in rehearsals for performances at the upcoming Workers’ Party Congress head home.

Flowers are being planted at a major intersection in front of a propaganda billboard for the party congress.

The April 25 House of Culture, where the congress is to be held.

A poster for the 7th Workers’ Party Congress.

People head home after taking part in rehearsals for performances at the political gathering.

A propaganda billboard in Pyongyang.

Schoolgirls heading home from rehearsals.

Some Pyongyang residents check a national flag hanging along a street in the capital. The city is being heavily decorated for the Workers’ Party Congress and generally spiffed up.

People participating in rehearsals for a candlelight procession wait in an underpass near the Arch of Triumph in Pyongyang.

A mural featuring founding father Kim Il Sung near the stadium named after him in Pyongyang.

A worker cleans the street in the run-up to the congress.

People participating in rehearsals before the congress head home.