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.
AT first glance these images could easily be mistaken for photographs, but they are in-fact real life drawings created using nothing but coloured pencils .
A COUNCIL has come under fire for slapping fines on people’s GRAVESTONES for breaching petty regulations on pot plants .
Hot on the heels of a little rabbit, this cheetah is on a mission to catch his prey .
Families in an Indian slum put their lives on the line by living on top of an ACTIVE railway track .
MOUTH OPEN wide, this little stoat appears to be in mid-song as he belts out a tune for his onlookers .
A hypnotherapist filmed himself sexually abusing a 19-year-old patient while she was in a trance-like state .
A little caterpillar fearlessly scampers down a branch and confronts a praying mantis .
This was the chaotic scene when the driver of a 4x4 vehicle became periously trapped under his vehicle for an HOUR when it overturned after a crash on a busy motorway .
A striped marlin means business as it spots lunch and spears a small fish .
A photographer has captured stunning photographs of the Milky Way above picturesque landscapes in the UK and Italy .
A BROWN bear wades through waters in Alaska and waits for his lunch .
AN American accountant has grown the world's biggest MELON and smashed his way into the record books with his mammoth 350 .