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 couple have tied the knot in a spectacular Harry Potter-themed wedding which cost £45,000 .
DIPPING and diving their way through this bumpy journey, these giraffe's duck for cover as they dodge multiple cables and wires .
Armed with a snorkel, flippers and her skimpy bikini, an intrepid female free diver swims alongside an array of reef sharks .
MEET the underwater British seal who is so friendly he loves to grapple divers like a friendly puppy dog .
They say breakfast is the most important meal of the day and for this greedy camel he can't get enough of his morning feed, as he gate crashes his owner's mealtime .
A lazy otter finds the ideal spot to soak up the sun and sleep off his lunch .
LUMINOUS green rocks could easily be a beach from Superman's homeland of Krypton .
THIS is the EXPLOSIVE moment when a 50 metre high pylon came crashing down to earth in a rural field .
A young otter wades through a lake with his eyes set on an older rival’s fish .
ARM extended and head flung back, this little chipmunk performs a loose-limbed yoga move .
SNUGGLED up in the hay away from the elements, this adorable hoglet has sought solace with a familiar friend .
The beds are consumed by moss instead of customers at this abandoned hotel .