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 .

A mother-of-four has revealed how her daughter tragically took her own life after being subjected to horrific abuse at the hands of her ex-partner .

FROM THE world famous Girl with a Pearl Earring painting to a jaguar in the grass, these incredible drawings are created from coloured ballpoint pens .

THIS is the moment one irritated pelican nearly swallows the entire head of his unlucky competitor .

DIPPING his head into the vase of water, this little squirrel takes a refreshing break from an afternoon of eating .

CLIMBING, falling and tugging on his weary mum, this little orangutan is up to all kinds of trouble .

CHUCKLING away, this little seal appears to find something hilarious .

A grey whale and her calf greet an audience of awestruck admirers on the Pacific coast of Baja California Sur, Mexico .

A mum has celebrated each of her four pregnancies with a host of wacky stunts - including acrobatics, aerial contortion, pole-dancing and risque photo shoots .

A young mum-to-be who was told she would never fall pregnant due to a rare condition has decided to keep her miracle baby even though his birth could leave her paralysed and in pain forever .

They say breakfast is the most important meal of the day and for this greedy camel he can't get enough of his morning feed, as he gate crashes his owner's mealtime .

Heart pounding, Rebecca Cain jumped as a car door slammed on the street outside .