Pictures of prosperity contrast with hardships in North Korea

Kim Jong-un'ssmiley farm inspection shot a stark contrast to grimUN report.

On Tuesday, North Korea's state media outletreleased photos of Supreme LeaderKim Jong-un inspectingFarm No. 1116 at an undisclosed location inside the Hermit Kingdom.

The shots areundated and lookmuch like otherharvest-time photos KCNA hasput out in years past. The shot at top, and the one with the corn, are new.The one in the orchardis from this time last year.

The message behind the pictures is the same an outward projection of prosperity despite reports to the contrary but this year'srelease coincides with the worst flooding in the country since 1945, the yearthe Korean Peninsula was partitioned, and appears in stark contrast to the picture painted by a UN report released Monday.

North Korea hit by worst flooding in over 70 years.

Flooding in the northeast from heavy rainkilled 133 peoplewhile 395 are missing. As many as 107,000 others have beendisplaced while upwards of 35,000 homesand other critical infrastructure were destroyed, according to the UNOffice for the Co-ordination of Humanitarian Affairs.

No photos of the floodswere released, butones like this, ofNorth Korean soldiers cooking out on an island in theYalu River on Sunday, contrast markedly from the bounty depicted in the photos of Kim.

The UN said the death toll and number of missing people were based on North Korean government data, butKCNA newsdid not givea specific death toll,reporting only"huge losses" in the worst "climatic phenomenon" in more than 70 years.

The floodingis centrednear the Tumen River, which forms North Korea's northeast border between China and Russia. The shot below isof North Koreans fishing in the Yalu River,opposite the Chinese border city of Dandong in the south, on Sunday.

Widespread deforestation for fuel and farming makes the impoverished state prone to natural disasters, especially floods.

Bombers flew near North Korea on Tuesday.

A week after North Korea's fifthandlargestnuclear test, the U.S. flew two B-1 bombers and jet fighters near the border in a show of force and solidarity with South Korea and Japan, which also flew jets alongside its allies.

From the north, KCNA news said public anger was "exploding like a volcano" over Washington's dispatch of bombers to South Korea.

Soldiers,citizens gather in Pyongyang toapplaud the warhead test.

The U.S. said it would work with China, North Korea's major diplomatic ally, on a resolution that will include new sanctions. China for its parturged restraint among all parties.

The two Koreas remain technically at war after their 1950-53 conflict ended in a truce, not a peace treaty.

In August, there was a beer festival in Pyongyang.

The first event of its kind in North Korea was held last month in the capital and, according to one participant interviewed byChinese state broadcaster CCTV, the beer was "really refreshing."