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 US firefighter has battled osteoarthritis and four hip replacements to break the world paddleboarding record .
A BRITISH couple are the first to tie the knot inside an enormous GLACIER in Iceland .
SNUGGLED up in the hay away from the elements, this adorable hoglet has sought solace with a familiar friend .
A rare manuscript of one of Charlotte Bronte’s earliest poems went under the hammer today and fetched nearly £100,000 – double what it was expected to get .
A ROAD KILL munching Scot has chewed on everything from a dead squirrel to an unlucky crow – all in the name of art .
AT 4,800 metres high and just three metres wide, this is the most dangerous road in the world .
In the calm waters of Greenland, gigantic icebergs dwarf everything around them .
EXPERTLY camouflaged, this clever panther chameleon knows how to catch its prey by surprise .
An aerial view of flooding in Gloucestershire .
WONDERS of the world have been transformed into their mini-versions in a seven-year round the world adventure .
A little brown bear cub shows his doting mum that she is always on parent duty as he uses her as a scratching post .
An osprey soars through the air at 30 miles per hour before swooping down to catch its prey from a lake .