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.
Families in an Indian slum put their lives on the line by living on top of an ACTIVE railway track .
FINALLY catching a meal, a pair of great white egrets fight over their dinner .
BEAUTIFULLY lit by the dim glow of lanterns, a cave in Iceland is transformed into the perfect wedding venue .
HOTSPOT MEDIA - WAVE-ING GOODBYE TO RUSH HOUR: WHILE most workers endure commuting chaos by road or rail everyday, one entrepreneur has come up with a novel way to get to the office - by KAYAK .
Splashing around in the water, a mother otter and her son are tangled in a family feud .
A ROAD KILL munching Scot has chewed on everything from a dead squirrel to an unlucky crow – all in the name of art .
STARING eagerly into the camera, this little toad is full of curiosity .
Suspended FIFTY metres in the air, this is the last place that you would expect to find a fine dining experience .
A host of websites that are almost twenty years old are collecting a cult following thanks to their retro appeal .
From squids to Star Wars, these flipping marvellous creations are pancake portraits .
BEHIND the doors of this building, with its stacks of mattresses and discarded remains of wheelchairs, lies another victim of austerity cuts .
