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.
HIDDEN in the middle of the Mojave Desert, a secret oasis awaits intrepid travellers .
VENTURING into the ocean with self-made spears and nets, the fishermen of Zanzibar put their lives on the line when they catch food for their families .
Fishermen in Myanmar have perfected an unusual fishing technique by carefully balancing on one leg .
Heart pounding, Rebecca Cain jumped as a car door slammed on the street outside .
DINING under the stars, this restaurant takes you back in time - inside an ancient cave .
THIS is the fascinating abandoned house, complete with mystery portraits and homely items, that has been dubbed - crooked cottage .
A mother told she had terminal cancer by doctors who ignored her pleas for help 13 times has made a miracle recovery following the UK's first operation of its kind .
LEAPING for joy five-feet above the waves this baby whale cutie is saying HELLO to its family after being lost .
When couples talk about wanting a white wedding, few will be referring to getting hitched on a glacier sat on top of an active volcano .
A shoe designer from London has spent a whopping £30,000 on Hello Kitty memorabilia .
A woman has shed half her body weight after undergoing a gastric sleeve op to shrink her stomach .
A diver explores the crystal clear waters of the Silfra canyon in southern Iceland, which is the only place on Earth where you can dive or snorkel between two continental plates .