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.
Some will get up close and personal with Mother Nature’s deadliest animals to get the perfect shot, posing the question, what lengths will a photographer go to for that all important picture? But in this case, the question should be what depths .
A woman who was addicted to eating curries has shed an impressive 8st after giving up her favourite food .
Hot on the heels of a little rabbit, this cheetah is on a mission to catch his prey .
Exibiting their superhuman strength these ants look ready to create an art attack by lifting pencils several thousand times their own weight .
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 .
A hungry hippo is seconds away from catching a bird in its gigantic jaws .
FROM MRS Patmore to Lady Sybil, these barking mad illustrations show the WOOF-er side of some of our most loved Downton characters .
Southern England, the south-west and west Wales have been warned to expect more wild weather, with heavy rain and high tides possibly leading to coastal flooding and travel disruption over the weekend .
SURROUNDED by divers, a hungry green sea turtle enjoys being the centre of attention .
STRIKING photos capture nature at its most raw and powerful during Earth’s most electrifying event .
A woman has been left scarred for life after a botched eye lift burnt her eyelids .
THIS is the incredible moment a pelican throws a fish into the air and SLAM DUNKS it into its enormous throat sack .