North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has made yet another improbable trek to the top of 2,744-meter-high (9,003-feet-high) Mount Paektu, which the country calls "the sacred mountain of the revolution" — and this time, he did it atop a white steed.
But behind the grandiose pictures may lie a more important message — Kim was said to be preparing for "a great operation to strike the world with wonder again," according to state media.
Pictures released by the North's official Korean Central News Agency on Wednesday showed Kim riding a galloping horse through snow-covered roads and forests, making his way to the top of the mountain.