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 .

A cheeky chipmunk offers some of his spare food, before deciding against the idea and shoving the extra peanut into his already crammed mouth .

This frozen lighthouse in Michigan could easily be mistaken for a still from the snow swept disaster movie The Day After Tomorrow .

A young otter wades through a lake with his eyes set on an older rival’s fish .

She is about to start driving and soon will be able to legally buy alcohol and get married, but Poppy Webb-Jones still looks and thinks like a ten-year-old girl .

A woman has lost over 13st after beating her addiction to POTATOES .

While the various controversies rumble on regarding transport, security issues and overly-officious copyright enforcement, a couple of designers is saying what we're all thinking about the Olympics - and putting it on bags .

An elegant snowy owl spreads her wings and glides effortlessly above the snow covered field .

CCTV stills of the sickening attack .

A former cosmetic rep who swapped make-up for a career as a Marilyn Monroe lookalike has pocketed a staggering $4million (£2,630,000) as a full-time doppelgänger .

FISTS fly as two gorillas take each other on in a dramatic battle .

From a floating jelly fish to a relaxed seal, Britain’s unappreciated beach life is captured above and below the water .