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Military personnel bowing as a car carries a portrait of Kim Jong-Il during his funeral at Kumsusan Memorial Palace in Pyongyang. Photo courtesy: AFP PHOTO / NORTH KOREAN TV

North Korean women crying for late North Korean leader Kim Jong Il at the Kumsusan Memorial Palace, where the body of late North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il lies in state, in Pyongyang. Photo courtesy: AFP PHOTO / HO / KCNA VIA KNS

North Korean people offeromg flowers to express their condolences for late North Korean leader Kim Jong Il in Pyongyang. Photo courtesy: AFP PHOTO / HO / KCNA VIA KNS

North Korean people gathering at a square to express their condolences for late North Korean leader Kim Jong Il in Pyongyang. Photo courtesy: AFP PHOTO / HO / KCNA VIA KNS

North Korean mourners leave a Korean restaurant after watching a telecast of the funeral of the late leader Kim Jong-Il, at the North Korean and Chinese border town of Dandong on December 28, 2011. Photo courtesy: AFP

North Koreans mourning during the funeral ceremony for the late leader Kim Jong-Il in Pyongyang. Photo courtesy: AFP PHOTO / NORTH KOREAN TV

Tearful North Korean officers biddng farewell to their late leader Kim Jong-Il during his funeral in Pyongyang. Photo courtesy: AFP PHOTO / NORTH KOREAN TV

Kim Jong-Un walking besides the convoy carrying the body of his father and late leader Kim Jong-Il at Kumsusan Memorial Palace in Pyongyang. Photo courtesy: AFP PHOTO / NORTH KOREAN TV

Kim Jong-Un (2nd L) walking besides the convoy carrying the body of his father and late leader Kim Jong-Il at Kumsusan Memorial Palace in Pyongyang. Photo courtesy: AFP PHOTO / NORTH KOREAN TV

Military personnel bowing their heads during Kim Jon-Il's funeral at Kumsusan Memorial Palace in Pyongyang. Photo courtesy: AFP PHOTO / NORTH KOREAN TV

A car carrying North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il's body during the funeral procession in Pyongyang on December 28, 2011. Photo courtesy: AFP PHOTO / NORTH KOREAN TV

North Korean's reacting during the funeral procession of Kim Jong-Il in Pyongyang. Photo courtesy: AFP PHOTO / NORTH KOREAN TV

North Koreans mourning during the funeral ceremony for the late leader Kim Jong-Il in Pyongyang. Photo courtesy: AFP PHOTO / NORTH KOREAN TV

North Korean female soldiers crying for late North Korean leader Kim Jong Il at the Kumsusan Memorial Palace, where the body of late North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il lies in state, in Pyongyang. Photo courtesy: AFP PHOTO / HO / KCNA VIA KNS

After days of wintry mourning, heavy snow blanketed Pyongyang Wednesday for the funeral of North Korea's late leader Kim Jong-Il, hailed by the regime's propagandists as a sign from the heavens. Mourning will officially end on Thursday with a nationwide memorial service including a three-minute silence. Trains, ships and other vehicles will sound their hooters. Photo courtesy: AFP