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.
The aurora lights captured in Blair Nebraska, America - WITH electrifying purple and illuminous green brightening up the night sky, this is the rare moment a flash of 'sprite' lightening was captured on camera .
HUNDREDS of colour coordinated yarns lie abandoned in this once thriving textile mill .
DINING under the stars, this restaurant takes you back in time - inside an ancient cave .
A diver looks like a minnow as she swims alongside a gigantic whale shark, the largest species of fish on the planet .
WITH the mystical clouds forming a thick blanket and the electrifying lights below, these stunning pictures provide a unique view of the cityscape of Dubai taken from the tallest building in the world .
MEET the little lion of suburbia with a mane that makes him look like a mini-king of the jungle .
A Little owl looks down the lens of a camera and gives the photographer a cheeky wink .
THIS may look like a dolphin through jumping hoops, but it is in fact nothing more than a clever 3D pencil drawing .
A NINJA red squirrel cuts a dashing figure as the little fella jumps up to ten-feet between treetops in the Yorkshire Dales .
PERCHED on a branch, these two frogs hold hands as they look into the camera .
CAMPED out in the middle of a forest, these unusual hut hotels take you back to basics .
Splashing around in the water, a mother otter and her son are tangled in a family feud .