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.
A lazy tree frog, tired of hopping along a branch, chooses the slowest form of transport when it jumps on top of an unsuspecting snail .
One sheepdog is taking a well-deserved rest after giving birth to a whole WHEELBARROW-FUL of puppies .
Blonde teen Jess Stubbs has certainly got girl power - as Britain’s youngest TRUCKER .
A mother-of-three has revealed how her nine-month-old daughter was severely burnt after knocking a scalding bottle warmer over herself at daycare .
Made up of 40,000 pieces, putting in over 200 hours of work and blunting endless blades, this is the final result for the world’s largest jigsaw, finally finished on Wednesday .
A blanket of fog is lit up by the colourful glowing lights of the city below .
A baby who was given just a three per cent chance of survival at birth has beaten the odds to come home - even though docs told his parents to abort him 12 times .
A proud stag attempts to impress the females by donning an enormous fern headdress in London's Bushy Park .
A hungry hippo is seconds away from catching a bird in its gigantic jaws .
SPURTING water 20ft into the air, this is one well you wouldn't want to dip your bucket into .
A woman has been left unable to smile after undergoing emergency surgery to remove infected lip fillers .
IT'S the iconic TV show that influenced a whole generation in the 1990s .