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 brave leopard kicks back and relaxes in the sunshine - just inches from an enormous crocodile .
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 .
ROLLING up snow in its tiny paws, this little squirrel is looking for a snowball fight .
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 young orangutan comes over all shy as she hides her face behind a broken bucket .
Balanced on one leg, a frog assumes the crane kick martial arts stance made famous in the movie The Karate Kid .
A proud gorilla mum welcomes her newborn baby western lowland gorilla, a critically endangered species .
LINED up one by one on a deer’s back, these little birds give their wings a break as they catch a ride across London .
An aerial view of flooding in Gloucestershire .
BURSTING from the water, a beautiful but deadly Sumatran tiger jumps for food in an Indonesian zoo .
MOUTH OPEN wide, this little stoat appears to be in mid-song as he belts out a tune for his onlookers .
