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 quiet Himalayan mountain village springs to life for a colourful Buddhist festival designed to expel evil spirits and bring happiness .
These images of vintage cars, bikes and vans, pictured all over the world, could easily have come from a globetrotting petrol-head’s photo album .
TRYING their best to wriggle away, three adorable tiger cubs receive their health checks at Chester Zoo .
This hungry white tiger has just one thing on her mind - to taste fresh meat .
A curious red squirrel takes a break from collecting nuts and tries her hand at photography .
Daniel Blore, 21, of Innage Crescent, Bridgnorth, stabbed his mother three times in the attack on January 11 this year, Stafford Crown Court heard .
YOU’VE heard of the northern lights now feast your eyes on the natural wonder of the SOUTHERN lights .
DIPPING and diving their way through this bumpy journey, these giraffe's duck for cover as they dodge multiple cables and wires .
FROM motorcycling to department store shopping these spookily faceless people are part of the Chinese-fad for wearing protective solar-visors in public .
An adorable orangutan named Pongo celebrates his first birthday at Zoo Atlanta, Georgia, America .
With blue waves tumbling over them, these surfers glide underneath a tunnel of water .
AIRPORT staff have been put on alert after diet pills that come in grenade shaped containers sparked security alerts .