Something fishy is going on here. I was looking for a larger version of this photo on the Google, and found three photos of pretty much the same scene, but with different people.

Compare the photo above with the one from today's NY Times (http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/07/world/asia/07kim.html?scp=3&sq=Kim%20Jong%20Il&st=cse). Clearly not the same group of soldiers around him. Also notice that the leg shadow is what you'd expect. That horizontal line? Missing from this photo too.

But...compare again with the photo found here http://www.lindsayfincher.com/news/kim_jong_il.jpg.
"Correct" shadows, horizontal line in place. Also different body shadows, indicating a different time of day. Finally, he appears to be wearing brown shoes as opposed to black shoes as above (but that could be a trick of the light).

What does it all mean? At the very least, it means that Kim Jog Il likes to get his photo taken in front of groups of soldiers. But I don't understand why the horizontal line is missing from some shots.
So... were the pictures taken on the same day? If so, why the different color shoes, and what about that pesky horizontal line?
Different day? More plausible but, again, what's with the horizontal line?

Any one have any ideas?