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.
SITTING in the middle of a vast desert, an abandoned cinema is still waiting for its first movie to be screened .
A baby sperm whale assumed the role of a friendly giant when faced with two awestruck divers .
A kingfisher’s bright blue and orange feathers glisten in the sunlight as the bird dives into a lake .
A BLIND man was battered with a brick in a sickening attack by two thugs .
BRAIDED, sculpted and beaded, these are the eye-catching hairstyles worn by the tribal women of Angola .
INSIDE Britain's last Naval hospital where scurvy was cured looks like an NHS time capsule .
FROM KISSING an alligator on the nose to walking over broken glass, this fearless daredevil is a real life female JACKASS .
An Indonesian farmer is dragged through muddy water as he clings to the tails of two charging cows .
SKIPPING on the spot, an adorable little owl embraces the 'running man' challenge .
BEAUTIFULLY lit by the dim glow of lanterns, a cave in Iceland is transformed into the perfect wedding venue .
A British jewellery designer with a passion for London's iconic Gherkin has created a pen with an INK-REDIBLE price tag of £27,500 .
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 .