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.
Fetching a tiny carrot and a head-shaped snowball, a red squirrel builds the perfect snowman .
IN THE not so MISTY MOUNTAINS of Wiltshire, there lies an abandoned hobbit house .
SOARING through the air, a hungry white-tailed kite prepares to snatch a vole from his mother’s claws .
These are the amazing close up pictures of North Korea's mass games - after photographers were previously banned from taking shots so close to the dazzling formation dances .
ARMED with her camera, bikini and flippers, this brave diver goes swimming with SHARKS .
With a dust covered coat hung from a wardrobe door and a pair of glasses left on a shelf, a remote farmhouse lies abandoned in the Welsh countryside .
Exploding out of the water, a great white shark performs a backflip during a hunt for seals .
Fishermen in Myanmar have perfected an unusual fishing technique by carefully balancing on one leg .
More weather chaos is heading our way, with ice and snow already hitting areas across Birmingham .
A photographer has captured spellbinding images of stars swirling above the English countryside .
LIKE SUPERMAN carrying a slimy Lois Lane through the air this frog is treating its mate to a flying lesson .
GLIDING through the water, these delightful frogs show off their vibrant colours as they practice their FROG crawl .