WITH their robotic movements and pristine uniforms, these are the sexy traffic girls of North Korea that are becoming iconic figures in the secretive state. Instead of using traffic lights to control the stop and go flow of the cross-roads, attractive women dressed in perfectly crisps and identical outfits dangerously stand along in the middle of the road on a small platform. Displaying riveting focus, they are only allowed to turn counter-clockwise, directing traffic with forceful and halting movements. They have been the subject of photographic study for many years but French photographer Eric Lafforgue, 49, captured these moments during six trips to the Marxist country.
SITTING in the middle of a vast desert, an abandoned cinema is still waiting for its first movie to be screened .
Here's a collection of art for the DIGIT-AL age as these fascinating illusions of landmarks, places and even a banana are made using just a pair of hands .
Raising his arms above his head and lying flat on his back, a polar bear stretches as he sprawls out across the ice .
SPURTING water 20ft into the air, this is one well you wouldn't want to dip your bucket into .
A small Indian monkey is seemingly gob-smacked after reading the latest stock market news .
An Australian beach is illuminated by an enticing neon blue glow as a rare phenomenon lights up the water .
With the full moon looming behind him, this polar bear nestles down for the night .
Pouncing down on top of his twin brother, these two snow leopard cubs practice their kung-fu moves .
LYING flat out on his back, this little meerkat makes the most of the English sunshine .
HOTSPOT MEDIA - MILEY MASH-UP: MILEY CYRUS’ naked wrecking ball vid has been lampooned in this side-spitting photo-mashup .
A couple have tied the knot in a spectacular Harry Potter-themed wedding which cost £45,000 .