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 diving guide leaves a shark completely docile and balanced in the palm of his hand .
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The claws come out at meal time as a group of white tailed eagles brawl over road-kill .
Sam Notaro built his own flood defences to protect his four-bedroom home in Moorland, Somerset Flooding is likely to get worse around Somerset as groundwater levels continue to rise .
Suspended FIFTY metres in the air, this is the last place that you would expect to find a fine dining experience .
A couple celebrated tying the knot with a spectacular Alice in Wonderland-themed wedding reception .
Gigantic 100ft waves create the perfect playground for dare-devil surfers from across the world .
A man who conned tax officials out of £34 million and funded a lavish lifestyle of luxury hotels and restaurants has been jailed for one of the longest sentences in British criminal fraud history .
CONTRASTING settings reveal some of England’s most beautiful landscapes in all their glory .
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