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.
SPURTING water 20ft into the air, this is one well you wouldn't want to dip your bucket into .
Here's a collection of art for the DIGIT-AL age as these fascinating illusions of landmarks, places and even a banana are made using just a pair of hands .
A diving guide leaves a shark completely docile and balanced in the palm of his hand .
A frilled lizard appears to be belting out a tune as it sits in a tree with its mouth open wide .
FORGET Thorpe Park this summer as this is a 50 mile-per-hour ride over the Colorado River CANYON .
A dog was SOW close to death after she dangerously swallowed a two-inch NEEDLE-Cute Shih Tzu Daisy could have pierced her intestines after eating the long needle and thread after finding it on the carpet .
A man who conned tax officials out of £34 million and funded a lavish lifestyle of luxury hotels and restaurants has been jailed for one of the longest sentences in British criminal fraud history .
Most people bend over backwards to keep children entertained, but this baboon show us how it’s done .
DIPPING his head into the vase of water, this little squirrel takes a refreshing break from an afternoon of eating .
ROLLING around in the snow, these young brown bears take a break from their play fight to share a tender hug with one another .
A young orangutan comes over all shy as she hides her face behind a broken bucket .
THIS is the awesome moment an Osprey catches its prey travelling at 50mph, giving new meaning to FAST FOOD .