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.
HUDDLING under a leaf, a pair of adorable Javan scops owls take shelter from the rain .
Scurrying along the branch of a tree, a little squirrel pushes a pram packed full of Easter treats .
AN OLD ENGLISH cottage packed full of history and valuables has been left to rot .
THIS is the fascinating abandoned house, complete with mystery portraits and homely items, that has been dubbed - crooked cottage .
LEAF-ing much to the imagination, this camera trickery is blooming marvellous .
NEW DELHI, A woman activist of India's main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party crosses a police barricade near the residence of ruling Congress party chief Sonia Gandhi during a protest against the recent rape of a five-year-old girl in New Delhi, India, April 21, 2013 .
A small Indian monkey is seemingly gob-smacked after reading the latest stock market news .
While often referred to as the kings of the jungle, gorillas - for all their might - are notorious hydrophobes .
MASKED intruders look sinister but really they are a gang of urban exploring pranksters .
SNUGGLING up against their teddy bears, these baby sloths could easily be mistaken for one of the cuddly toys .
FLAUNTING its new accessory, a fashionable green dumpy tree frog poses for the camera while wearing a SNAIL as a hat .
A blanket of fog is lit up by the colourful glowing lights of the city below .