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.
ROLLING across a 65-metre-high viaduct in the Alps, the red carriages of the Bernina Express add a splash of colour to the spectacular snow-covered Swiss surroundings .
NOT YOUR everyday selfie, this plucky diver poses with some of the scariest predators in the ocean .
WITH LUSH GREEN LANDSCAPES stretching out as far as the eye can see, you're in for a treat at these one of a kind treehouses .
PERCHING on top of a gate, this young barn swallow waits patiently for his mum to return with dinner .
SPURTING water 20ft into the air, this is one well you wouldn't want to dip your bucket into .
HUDDLED together in the hollow of a tree, it would be easy to overlook these two sleepy owls as they blend into the trunk .
CONTRASTING settings reveal some of England’s most beautiful landscapes in all their glory .
Swimming side by side with divers, these manatees will do anything they can to stay warm .
THIS astonishing film shows the moment a hit-and-run driver ploughed into a woman and a toddler on a Coventry street .
BREATHING life back into old photographs, these black and white images are transformed by colour .
