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.
CLIMBING, falling and tugging on his weary mum, this little orangutan is up to all kinds of trouble .
Swimming side by side with divers, these manatees will do anything they can to stay warm .
A mining town in Australia’s outback appears to be completely deserted, but its residents have escaped the scorching heat by living in underground caves .
PERCHED on a branch, this Little Owl plays third wheel to two love birds .
Swirling water and sand create amazing aerial images of river deltas across Iceland .
SOARING through the air, a hungry white-tailed kite prepares to snatch a vole from his mother’s claws .
AN American accountant has grown the world's biggest MELON and smashed his way into the record books with his mammoth 350 .
DINING under the stars, this restaurant takes you back in time - inside an ancient cave .
WITHOUT a care in the world, this little chimpanzee shows off her gymnastic skills as she swings around her enclosure .
It's incredible to think anyone could live in such horrendous squalor - yet two men have been prosecuted for keeping their homes in such revolting conditions that it was no longer fit for their animals .
A BUMPER season of births has left zoo with three of the cutest exotic kittens you're likely to see .
THIS incredible shimmer of silver fish mirrors the image of that of an underwater tornado .