The U.S. territory of Guam in pictures

Tourists on a beach in Guam’s capital Hagatna. Security and defense officials on Guam said that there is no imminent threat to people there or in the Northern Mariana Islands after North Korea said it was examining its operational plans for attack.

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Aug. 9, 2017 8:22 AM PT

North Korea’s leader specifically threatened to attack Guam, a U.S. territory.

People walk around Hagatna, Guam, on Wednesday, Aug. 9, 2017. Despite government assurances, residents of the U.S. territory of Guam say they’re afraid after being caught in the middle of rising tensions between President Trump and North Korea.

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A beach in Guam’s capital of Hagatna.

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People walk around Hagatna, the capital of Guam, on Wednesday, Aug. 9, 2017. Despite government assurances, residents of the U.S. territory say they’re afraid after being caught in the middle of rising tensions between President Trump and North Korea.

(Grace Garces Bordallo / Associated Press)

A U.S. Air Force pilot joins up with South Korean air force F-15s during a 10-hour mission from Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, into Japanese airspace and over the Korean Peninsula. North Korea on Aug. 8, 2017, said that it is considering strikes on U.S. strategic military installations in Guam with its intermediate-range ballistic missiles, state news agency KCNA reported.

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A U.S. Air Force B-1B Lancer refuels during a 10-hour mission from Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, into Japanese airspace and over the Korean Peninsula.

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