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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The mother of a young woman stabbed 26 times by her ex-partner for having a secret abortion has told how her daughter was cruelly betrayed by her own social worker .
A BLIND school-girl whose growth has been stunted by a rare medical condition is finding her feet again with the help of a specially made mini-cane .
A six-year-old boy has been left almost blind after a one-in-a-million allergic reaction to antibiotics .
Meet the real life anime girl who looks like a living cartoon character despite never going under the knife .
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A DETERMINED great blue heron holds on tightly to its prey as the furry gopher attempts to wriggle free .
A BUMPER season of births has left zoo with three of the cutest exotic kittens you're likely to see .
SOARING through the air, this is the moment a hungry tawny owl arrives home with dinner .
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Housands of cushions handmade as gifts for Olympics athletes may go to waste after London 2012 KNITWITS stitched up volunteers by refusing to allow them to hand them out .
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