Kim Jong-Un poses with terrified looking family

Most people would at least smile when presented with a photo opportunity with their country's head of state. But apparently not so if he happens to be one Kim Jong-un, the supreme leader of North Korea, the First Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea, the Chairman of the Central Military Commission, First Chairman of the National Defence Commission of North Korea, the Supreme Commander of the Korean People's Army, presidium member of the Central Politburo of the Workers' Party of Korea, the "Great Successor", and at 28 years of age, the world's youngest head of state.

North Korea military parade as seen from space

The following is a satellite image taken on 15th April 2012 & released 2 days later which shows a military parade winding through the center of Pyongyang, North Korea. On that day, North Korea's Kim Jong Un delivered his first major public speech as the country celebrated the centenary of its founder's birth, and called for a push to "final victory".

Kim smiled and joked with generals on a podium after the speech despite Friday's embarrassing failure to successfully launch a rocket.

Handout image courtesy of DigitalGlobe, full size (5MB) is also available for free.