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 BRITISH couple are the first to tie the knot inside an enormous GLACIER in Iceland .
Southern England, the south-west and west Wales have been warned to expect more wild weather, with heavy rain and high tides possibly leading to coastal flooding and travel disruption over the weekend .
SQUEEZING their furry faces through a hole in a tree, a trio of curious baby squirrels leave their nest for the first time to explore their surroundings .
Lauren Kilgariff, 29, was with husband, Shaun, 31, for four years .
A cheeky gorilla sticks her tongue out and plays up for the camera at Bronx Zoo .
HOPPING onto the scales, these adorable baby Humboldt penguins are ready for their first weigh-in .
A woman was left fighting for her life after an eczema wound became infected and caused a deadly flesh-eating bug to ravish a hole in her arm .
WELCOME to the 750-foot deep rainbow cave that leaves visitors bewildered by its multi-coloured mood lighting .
A talented 16st pole dancer who was once dubbed a 'disgusting human form' by online trolls is fighting back to show her bullies that big is beautiful .
CLIMBING, falling and tugging on his weary mum, this little orangutan is up to all kinds of trouble .
A cheeky owl fancies a game of hide and seek as it peeps out from behind a tree .
LIFTING their heads high and bumping beaks, these aggressive pelicans clash over fish .