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.
STARING intently into the camera, a polar bear appears to be lost in thought while relaxing in the snow .
RACING through the mountain range on horseback, the Kazakh people practice their ancient tradition of hunting with golden eagles .
Most people bend over backwards to keep children entertained, but this baboon show us how it’s done .
SNOWBOARDING in your £2,000 wedding dress sounds like a nightmare for most brides .
A lively lemon shark grins into the camera and showcases his impressive teeth .
IN THE not so MISTY MOUNTAINS of Wiltshire, there lies an abandoned hobbit house .
A NINJA red squirrel cuts a dashing figure as the little fella jumps up to ten-feet between treetops in the Yorkshire Dales .
Raising his arms above his head and lying flat on his back, a polar bear stretches as he sprawls out across the ice .
A young orangutan comes over all shy as she hides her face behind a broken bucket .
HIDDEN in the middle of the Mojave Desert, a secret oasis awaits intrepid travellers .
AN ANGRY giraffe gave a bush-riding cyclist a scare when he stomped his £2K bike into the dirt .
