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 blanket of fog is lit up by the colourful glowing lights of the city below .
An aerial view of flooding in Gloucestershire .
WRAPPED up in classy headscarves, these adorable pooches are the picture of sophistication .
A tiny puppy who lost his front legs after being hit by a train has been given and new LEASH of life with a set of wheels .
The UK's first hotline - and possibly the galaxy's - for people who have been targeted by aliens has opened to the public .
A little boy was left fighting for his life in hospital after a horrific allergic reaction to epilepsy medication made his skin fall off in chunks .
A little brown bear cub shows his doting mum that she is always on parent duty as he uses her as a scratching post .
A kingfisher’s bright blue and orange feathers glisten in the sunlight as the bird dives into a lake .
A mining town in Australia’s outback appears to be completely deserted, but its residents have escaped the scorching heat by living in underground caves .
A once bustling gold rush town in Mono County, California now stands completed deserted .
Aged 27, I was swept off my feet by my gorgeous husband, Lee, now 42 .
HEART-MELTING shots of a French bulldog and a ten-month-old French baby could be the cutest you’re likely to see .