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With much of the world’s attention once again focused on North Korea, many international photojournalists are doing their best to cover the reclusive country. However, North Korea still tightly restricts the movements of visiting journalists within its borders, and controls what can be photographed.

For photographers looking in from just over the border, there may be more freedom of movement, but the subjects in North Korea are aware they are being watched, with many looking back—sometimes giving a smile and wave, or sometimes throwing rocks.

Gathered here are photographs from the past few years of North Koreans seen just over the border from parts of China and South Korea.

A North Korean soldier looks out the window of a guard tower, on the banks of Yalu River, about 100 kilometers (62 miles) from the North Korean town of Sinuiju, opposite the Chinese border city of Dandong, on April 16, 2013.

A North Korean soldier rides his bicycle near Sinuiju, opposite the Chinese city of Dandong, on April 15, 2017.

A female North Korean soldier stands guard along the bank of Yalu River near the North Korean town of Sinuiju, on May 1, 2014.

North Korean farmers work in a field as a section of the Great Wall is seen on the Chinese side of the Yalu River, north of the town of Sinuiju in North Korea, on April 2, 2017.

A North Korean waves from a bridge destroyed during the 1950's Korean War on May 26, 2009.

A North Korean woman carries water she collected from the Yalu River in the city of Hyesan, which borders China's Changbai county, on April 6, 2009.

A North Korean fisherman fixes his net on the bank of the Yalu River near the North Korean town of Sinuiju, on October 24, 2006.

A rusty sign that reads "military demarcation line" is seen near the truce village of Panmunjom, South Korea, on March 30, 2016.

North (right) and South Korean soldiers look at each other through a window of a conference room at the truce village of Panmunjom, South Korea, on March 30, 2016.

A South Korean girl views North Korean territory at the unification observation in Paju, near the border on September 13, 2016.

A North Korean man comes down a ladder in front of an abandoned factory along the banks of the Yalu River on September 12, 2008.

A North Korean soldier plays a guitar on the banks of the Yalu River near the North Korean town of Sinuiju, on April 15, 2009.

A North Korean border guard points his weapon toward the photographer on the banks of the Yalu river near the city of Hyesan on December 1, 2008.

A North Korean soldier kicks a goat on the banks of the Yalu River near the North Korean town of Sinuiju on July 5, 2009.

North Koreans unload stones onto a track on the bank of the Yalu River opposite the Chinese border town of Hekou, on June 15, 2009.

A North Korean soldier smiles near the town of Sinuiju, as seen from the opposite Chinese border city of Dandong, on January 6, 2016.

The sun rises from the North Korean side of the Yalu River near the town of Sinuiju, seen from Dandong, China, on April 1, 2017.

A man and two young boys enter the water on an ox-cart from the North Korean side of the Yalu River, on March 30, 2017.

A female North Korean soldier stands guard on the banks of the Yalu River, near the town of Sinuiju, on November 23, 2010.

A North Korean soldier walks with pigs at a watchtower on the Yalu River in Sinuiju, North Korea, on April 15, 2017.

A North Korean soldier gestures to a Chinese vehicle on the banks of the Yalu River near the North Korean town of Sinuiju, on May 27, 2010.

The sun rises through fog over the Broken bridges over the Yalu River connecting Sinuiju, North Korea, and Dandong, China, on March 30, 2017.

A North Korean soldier climbs trees on the banks of the Yalu River across the river from Dandong in northeast China on November 25, 2010.

A North Korean soldier looks out from a guard tower near the North Korean town of Sinuiju, on December 14, 2013.

North Korean children react to the photographer on the bank of the Yalu River on December 16, 2006.

A North Korean soldier stands guard along the bank of Yalu River near the North Korean town of Sinuiju, on May 1, 2014.

North Koreans stand on the banks of the Yalu River, near the North Korean town of Sinuiju, on May 2, 2015.

A female North Korean soldier sees her reflection in a window near the North Korean town of Sinuiju, on September 19, 2013.

A North Korean soldier points his weapon at the photographer as he trains on the bank of the Yalu River on December 19, 2006.