Korean Mass Games
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.
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AN OTTER-ONE BITES THE DUST
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PELICANS RUFFLE EACH OTHER'S FEATHERS
THIS is the moment one irritated pelican nearly swallows the entire head of his unlucky competitor .
SHY SEAL HIDES BEHIND ITS FLIPPER
HIDING behind its flipper, this little seal comes over a little camera shy .
GIANT CANYON SWING
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CROCODILE CAVE DIVING PENSIONER
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HYENA HAS THE LAST LAUGH
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BRITISH BEACH-LIFE SPLIT SHOTS
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STAG SHOWS OFF IMPRESSIVE HEADDRESS IN LONDON'S BUSHY PARK
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BABY-FACED BURGLAR NABBED BY JAFFA CAKE
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