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.
DIPPING his head into the vase of water, this little squirrel takes a refreshing break from an afternoon of eating .
The lighthouses of Brittany, from Brest to Le Conquet, stand tall on France’s north-western coast against stunning scenery .
A widow whose love rat ex-boyfriend left her homeless has had the last laugh after a judge ordered her ex to pay back £300,000 .
Swimming side by side with divers, these manatees will do anything they can to stay warm .
A pair of snarling foxes go paw-to-paw and brawl after unexpectedly crossing paths .
A woman has told how she fled to Australia, after a one night stand burned down her house .
AT first glance these images could easily be mistaken for photographs, but they are in-fact real life drawings created using nothing but coloured pencils .
Lauren Kilgariff, 29, was with husband, Shaun, 31, for four years .
RACING down the slopes in her tiny ski gear, this TWO-YEAR-OLD girl has already mastered the art of skiing .
Pinning a purple flower into her bleach blonde hair, pretty Ava admired herself in the mirror .
The view from this rooftop pool is sure to make most holidaymakers envious .