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 .

HUDDLING under a leaf, a pair of adorable Javan scops owls take shelter from the rain .

An Italian photographer travelled to Chile where he visited several star-gazing sites, home to some of the world's most advanced telescopes, located in the spectacular setting of the Atacama desert .

A mum-of-one was left looking like a ‘monster’ after suffering a horrific allergic reaction to hair dye while pregnant .

CARRYING a fully grown goat on his back, this five-year-old boy is a child shepherd in the mountains of northern Ethiopia .

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 .

A pair of chicks bravely decided to befriend a python, despite being the snake's favourite choice of food .

TENNIS was a game made for three according to the first Victorian rule book .

A skydiver cheated death after plunging 13,000 feet without his parachute opening but survived after landing in a bog .

Andrea Kubinova, 30, from London, became great friends with serial killer and necrophiliac, Dennis Nilsen .

PICKING up a tiny tea-pot with its paws, a little red squirrel struggles to prepare its morning tea .

SAT with his arms folded and a cross look on his face, this Gorilla looks like he's had enough of the Christmas holidays already .