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.
Jostling their quills into the noses of some unlucky cubs, this is the moment two feisty porcupines ALMOST defeat a pride of seven lions .
Fetching a tiny carrot and a head-shaped snowball, a red squirrel builds the perfect snowman .
A BRITISH couple are the first to tie the knot inside an enormous GLACIER in Iceland .
What lies beneath this building site? Britain's great hope of winning the pre-WW2 arms race against Nazi Germany .
With luminous colours and alien- like features, these magical mushrooms look like they belong on another planet .
DIVING down at a speed of 75mph, this is the moment a hungry osprey caught his prey .
Full of tired and busy commuters, these underground stations are rarely admired for their architecture or beauty .
Blonde teen Jess Stubbs has certainly got girl power - as Britain’s youngest TRUCKER .
NEW DELHI, A woman activist of India's main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party crosses a police barricade near the residence of ruling Congress party chief Sonia Gandhi during a protest against the recent rape of a five-year-old girl in New Delhi, India, April 21, 2013 .
A cheeky owl fancies a game of hide and seek as it peeps out from behind a tree .
A family of foster carers are facing bankruptcy and homelessness after they signed up to a Government scheme to renovate their house to be used for disabled children's short breaks .
Surveying its surroundings, a tiny harvest mouse climbs the stem of a dandelion .