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.
THIS is the EXPLOSIVE moment when a 50 metre high pylon came crashing down to earth in a rural field .
BREATHING life back into old photographs, these black and white images are transformed by colour .
Sprawled out on top of a log, this sleeping leopard takes a relaxing break from his daily routine .
A little brown bear cub shows his doting mum that she is always on parent duty as he uses her as a scratching post .
IN THE not so MISTY MOUNTAINS of Wiltshire, there lies an abandoned hobbit house .
A WIMBLEDON-mad couple will be creating a racket this summer - after installing a TENNIS COURT in their living room .
Splashing around in the water, a mother otter and her son are tangled in a family feud .
MAKING himself at home, this little snail perches happily on top of this frog's head .
FINALLY catching a meal, a pair of great white egrets fight over their dinner .
SNEAKING slowly into the water, this Bengal tiger plans a vicious attack on three unsuspecting deer .
SOARING at 112 miles per hour through the air, this petite blonde certainly lives up to her title as the fastest flying woman in the world .
A diving guide leaves a shark completely docile and balanced in the palm of his hand .