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 .
UNDERWATER and above-water seaside shots show the best of British beach-life .
A grey whale and her calf greet an audience of awestruck admirers on the Pacific coast of Baja California Sur, Mexico .
HIDDEN in the middle of the Mojave Desert, a secret oasis awaits intrepid travellers .
A makeup artist from the West Midlands magically transforms herself into famous cartoon characters using body paint .
A proud gorilla mum welcomes her newborn baby western lowland gorilla, a critically endangered species .
A German photographer travelled around Africa where he met and photographed members of tribes in a series of intimate portraits .
With no luck at the front of the bus, the deer runs around the center seats trying to escape through the window – THIS is the astonishing moment a DEER crashed through the front windshield of a bus before it went hysterically running around the vehicle .
ALL IS not as it seems in these deceptive cityscapes .
THIS RING of fire in the sky is the annular solar eclipse that wowed our cousins down-under .