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 photographer has travelled the length of the UK capturing lighthouses and their picturesque surroundings .
AT first glance these images could easily be mistaken for photographs, but they are in-fact real life drawings created using nothing but coloured pencils .
If you tune into primetime coverage of the 2012 Olympic Games, you’re most likely going to see London’s new Aquatic Center from many angles as athletes from all around the globe compete for the top spot on the podium .
SITTING on a burning sofa unable to move, one man turns his terrifying dreams into reality .
A NINJA red squirrel cuts a dashing figure as the little fella jumps up to ten-feet between treetops in the Yorkshire Dales .
AIRPORT staff have been put on alert after diet pills that come in grenade shaped containers sparked security alerts .
THIS incredible shimmer of silver fish mirrors the image of that of an underwater tornado .
HUNDREDS of hot air balloons decorate the sky above Turkey as the rising sun illuminates the spectacular scenery below .
Fetching a tiny carrot and a head-shaped snowball, a red squirrel builds the perfect snowman .
A proud gorilla mum welcomes her newborn baby western lowland gorilla, a critically endangered species .
Scurrying along the branch of a tree, a little squirrel pushes a pram packed full of Easter treats .
A little brown bear cub shows his doting mum that she is always on parent duty as he uses her as a scratching post .