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 what might look like ordinary rusty bridge and road railings, are in fact amazing works of art .
Blonde teen Jess Stubbs has certainly got girl power - as Britain’s youngest TRUCKER .
From squids to Star Wars, these flipping marvellous creations are pancake portraits .
ALL IS not as it seems in these deceptive cityscapes .
ARMED with her camera, bikini and flippers, this brave diver goes swimming with SHARKS .
What lies beneath this building site? Britain's great hope of winning the pre-WW2 arms race against Nazi Germany .
HUNDREDS of hot air balloons decorate the sky above Turkey as the rising sun illuminates the spectacular scenery below .
A KITTEN'S teaparty and rat's playing dominoes are the bizarre creations by one of Britain's great eccentrics pictured in an incredible new book .
Animal rescue volunteers have told how a cat riddled with cancer was forced to ripped off its own ears after it was abandoned by its owners .
A rare manuscript of one of Charlotte Bronte’s earliest poems went under the hammer today and fetched nearly £100,000 – double what it was expected to get .
A couple have tied the knot in a spectacular Harry Potter-themed wedding which cost £45,000 .
A trout manages to escape the jaws of a hungry cormorant - only to find itself back inside the bird's long beak .