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.
MESMERIZING night sky photographs offer a spellbinding look at the stars .
WITH STUNNING colours and serene scenes, these photographs capture the otherworldly beauty of the English coast .
OFFERING a glimpse into the past, a mash-up of old and new photographs show how the world’s biggest cities have changed .
The beds are consumed by moss instead of customers at this abandoned hotel .
Sitting all alone on drift ice in the Arctic Ocean, this lonely little fella looks lost .
Daniel Blore, 21, of Innage Crescent, Bridgnorth, stabbed his mother three times in the attack on January 11 this year, Stafford Crown Court heard .
ALL IS not as it seems in these deceptive cityscapes .
STARING open-mouthed into the camera, this shocked fish looks out of place in the middle of its angry friends .
DIVING down at a speed of 75mph, this is the moment a hungry osprey caught his prey .
BURSTING from the water, a beautiful but deadly Sumatran tiger jumps for food in an Indonesian zoo .
A hypnotherapist filmed himself sexually abusing a 19-year-old patient while she was in a trance-like state .
An adorable black bear cub struggles to find the perfect spot for an afternoon nap as he wriggles around on the branch of a maple tree .