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.
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 .
NEVER mind being careful not to choke on your food, this mother bird has a bigger challenge on her hands, as her ravenous offspring impatiently launches its head down into her stomach .
A middle spotted woodpecker swoops into her nest and feeds her young in a forest in Trentino, Italy .
Megan Brailsford, 32, from Cambridgeshire, met Daniel Dugdale, 29, in September 2020 .
THE THOUGHT OF BECOMING shipwrecked on a remote destination would fill most holidaymakers with dread .
BREATHING life back into old photographs, these black and white images are transformed by colour .
Fishermen in Myanmar have perfected an unusual fishing technique by carefully balancing on one leg .
A luxury caravan with a price tag of ONE MILLION DOLLARS is due to hit the road later this year .
This cheeky macaque gets up close and personal as he examines the dental hygiene of his fellow primate .
A grand 56-bedroom hotel, once heaving with injured soldiers during the First World War, now lies completely abandoned .
With one hand rested on his belly and the other propping his head up, this lazy lizard takes an afternoon break .