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.
Families in an Indian slum put their lives on the line by living on top of an ACTIVE railway track .
IN a galaxy far, far away, this collection of stunning interstellar formations will leave you STARSTRUCK .
STAIRWAY obsessed photographers have captured psychedelic shots that will mesmerise you .
MEET the little lion of suburbia with a mane that makes him look like a mini-king of the jungle .
THIS astonishing film shows the moment a hit-and-run driver ploughed into a woman and a toddler on a Coventry street .
SNUGGLING up against their teddy bears, these baby sloths could easily be mistaken for one of the cuddly toys .
A photographer has travelled the length of the UK capturing lighthouses and their picturesque surroundings .
An Italian photographer travelled to Chile where he visited several star-gazing sites, home to some of the world's most advanced telescopes, located in the spectacular setting of the Atacama desert .
An Australian beach is illuminated by an enticing neon blue glow as a rare phenomenon lights up the water .
A couple have tied the knot in a spectacular Harry Potter-themed wedding which cost £45,000 .
A middle spotted woodpecker swoops into her nest and feeds her young in a forest in Trentino, Italy .
A NINJA red squirrel cuts a dashing figure as the little fella jumps up to ten-feet between treetops in the Yorkshire Dales .