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.
Gabrielle Dale, 26, was subjected to seven years of coercive control and physical abuse at the hands of her violent boyfriend Sean Owen, 29 .
A DARING duo take their chances and scale this spectacular 82ft frozen waterfall before it collapses .
A mum-of-two has worn the same t-shirt for an entire year to raise awareness of a 1 in 7 million condition that prevents her daughter from talking .
A terrifying prankster has given unsuspecting urban explorers the fright of their lives .
A couple have tied the knot in a spectacular Harry Potter-themed wedding which cost £45,000 .
Surveying its surroundings, a tiny harvest mouse climbs the stem of a dandelion .
From a platter of finger licking chicken wings to a bowl of Chinese noodle soup, these foodie snaps are enough to make your savoury saliva glands drool .
STARING open-mouthed into the camera, this shocked fish looks out of place in the middle of its angry friends .
An American woman whose skin turned silver after using nose drops is warning people of the dangers of medicines containing the metal .
Sprawled out on top of a log, this sleeping leopard takes a relaxing break from his daily routine .
A woman whose face and body was left scarred for life by angry sores, caused by Lupus, has become a diversity model .
Standing on the edge of a never-ending black hole, this is one leap you wouldn't want to make .