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.
A chipmunk, with his cheeks full to bursting, has no intention of leaving with an empty stomach .
A terrified moose, trapped in a frozen lake, bobs her head above the icey water and awaits her rescue .
FULL OF STUNNING colours and swirling shapes, the furrows on these fields create a mix of mesmerising patterns .
A rare manuscript of one of Charlotte Bronte’s earliest poems went under the hammer today and fetched nearly £100,000 – double what it was expected to get .
LEAPING through the air this determined little mouse is on a mission for food .
Struggling home entertainment chain Blockbuster has been slammed for advertising its workers' jobs while they are still in them in order to scare them into working harder .
DIVING down at a speed of 75mph, this is the moment a hungry osprey caught his prey .
SNOWBOARDING in your £2,000 wedding dress sounds like a nightmare for most brides .
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Most people bend over backwards to keep children entertained, but this baboon show us how it’s done .
A disabled sheep is enjoying a new fleece of life after receiving a specially-designed wheelchair .
ESCAPING A LANDFILL FUTURE, these amazing science fiction inspired sculptures are made from everyday objects .