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 .

The claws come out at meal time as a group of white tailed eagles brawl over road-kill .

This starling and prairie dog will not back down an inch as they have a fearsome stand-off over who gets to eat a nut .

A mother-of-four has revealed how her daughter was stabbed to death by her ex partner, while their horrified children watched on .

Throwing their arms up in the air, these energetic squirrels play a game of ball with a walnut .

A SPECTRUM of colours fills the sky during this spectacular and natural display of light .

It was sunny, now it's raining .

A brave praying mantis makes an unusual friend in an Oriental garden lizard .

THIS is the fascinating abandoned house, complete with mystery portraits and homely items, that has been dubbed - crooked cottage .

A weightlifter has lost a whopping 12st after swapping biscuits for biceps .

WELCOME to the real Frankenstein's lab where carefully pickled creatures are left to stew in jars .

STARING intently into the camera, a polar bear appears to be lost in thought while relaxing in the snow .