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.
Most people bend over backwards to keep children entertained, but this baboon show us how it’s done .
A young orangutan comes over all shy as she hides her face behind a broken bucket .
A floating market in Indonesia is bursting with vibrant colours as wooden rowing boats loaded with fruit and vegetables crowd the river .
A photographer has captured spellbinding images of stars swirling above the English countryside .
TUGGING at his exhausted mum's ears, a beautiful baby orangutan refuses to settle for a nap as he begins a game of peek-a-boo .
This was the chaotic scene when the driver of a 4x4 vehicle became periously trapped under his vehicle for an HOUR when it overturned after a crash on a busy motorway .
ALL IS not as it seems in these deceptive cityscapes .
THESE kingfishers prove no rod is needed as they go fishing for their dinner .
BREATHING life back into old photographs, these black and white images are transformed by colour .
A brave leopard kicks back and relaxes in the sunshine - just inches from an enormous crocodile .
FROM motorcycling to department store shopping these spookily faceless people are part of the Chinese-fad for wearing protective solar-visors in public .
Swirling water and sand create amazing aerial images of river deltas across Iceland .