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 pair of BEAUTIFUL rescue sea turtles spot their catch in the waters of the Great Barrier Reef .
These are the fascinating pictures of miniature table sculptures molded around bonsai trees that take up to a painstaking 18 months to create .
From vivid greens to glowing pinks, the colours of the aurora borealis fill the night sky above a snow covered Lapland .
A GLOWING range of greens and blues sweep across the sky in a spectacular display of light .
CLIMBING, falling and tugging on his weary mum, this little orangutan is up to all kinds of trouble .
Bryanna Debinder, 20, from Pennsylvania in the USA, has lost 7 stone in order to impress her idol .
Fishermen in Myanmar have perfected an unusual fishing technique by carefully balancing on one leg .
A mum-of-two has revealed how she accidentally set her face on fire while lighting a cigarette .
This hungry white tiger has just one thing on her mind - to taste fresh meat .
A disabled sheep is enjoying a new fleece of life after receiving a specially-designed wheelchair .
If you had to scrape the snow off your car this morning or slip-slide your way into work over icy pavements spare a thought for these little critters .