These are the amazing close up pictures of North Korea's mass games - after photographers were previously banned from taking shots so close to the dazzling formation dances.They feature over 100,000 people in the performing art displays that include tens of thousands of gymnasts synchronizing movements in line with a background of card-turners who entertain spectators. About 20,000 of them form the background to the show holding large books whose pages flip simultaneously to produce the huge displays.The rapid change of images sees one card exchanged for another in a swift and synchronized movement that takes hours of rehearsals and detailed choreography.Photographer Werner Kranwetvogel, 40, captured the stunning shots after he gained rare access to the communist country's public displays.
Surveying its surroundings, a tiny harvest mouse climbs the stem of a dandelion .
LINED up one by one on a deer’s back, these little birds give their wings a break as they catch a ride across London .
FROM motorcycling to department store shopping these spookily faceless people are part of the Chinese-fad for wearing protective solar-visors in public .
A TAXIDERMY truck spotted in America’s Deep South could be the most gruesome wagon on the road .
THIS DANGER-mad female pensioner could be the oldest Brit to cage dive with CROCODILES .
Swimming side by side with divers, these manatees will do anything they can to stay warm .
These uninvited guests ELEPHANTLY make their annual trip through the reception of this welcoming lodge .
A middle spotted woodpecker swoops into her nest and feeds her young in a forest in Trentino, Italy .
SPLASHING in the water and fighting in-between rocks, these energetic tigers enjoy their fun-filled morning .
An adorable little squirrel wakes from a nap and pops out his tongue for the camera .
A unique business in Birkenhead, Merseyside is sure to leave you HALF-CUT with its unusual pub and barbers combination .