Reaction to Kim Jong Il's Death

A tearful announcer dressed in black announces the death of North Korean leader Kim Jong-il on North Korean State Television, December 19, 2011

Pyongyang residents react as they mourn over the death of North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, December 19, 2011

Students of Pyongyang Secondary School No. 1 bow their heads as they mourn over the death of North Korean leader Kim Jong Il in Pyongyang, December 19, 2011

Pyongyang residents react to the death of North Korean leader Kim Jong-il in Pyongyang, December 19, 2011

Pyongyang residents react as they mourn over the death of North Korean leader Kim Jong-il in Pyongyang, December 19, 2011

A South Korean woman watches a TV news reporting the death of North Korean leader Kim Jong Il at a Seoul railroad station, December 19, 2011

A South Korean man reads an extra edition of a local newspaper reporting the death of North Korean leader Kim Jong Il in Seoul, December 19, 2011

A man reads an extra edition of a newspaper reporting on the death of North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, at Tokyo's Ginza shopping district, December 19, 2011.

Staff lower the North Korean national flag to mourn the death of North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, on the roof of the its embassy in Beijing December 19, 2011.

A man holds flowers to hide his face from photographers as he arrives at the North Korea embassy, to mourn the death of North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, in Beijing December 19, 2011.

Women holding flowers arrive at the North Korea embassy, to mourn the death of North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, in Beijing December 19, 2011.

A North Korean man (L) gestures as a Vietnamese man (R) places a funeral wreath in front of Pyongyang Restaurant in Hanoi December 19, 2011.