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.
BREATHING life back into old photographs, these black and white images are transformed by colour .
THESE kaleidoscopic-like photographs capture England’s churches and cathedrals in all their glory .
A project to create an underwater tribute to the stone Moai statues of Easter Island ended in disaster when 15 replica structures were destroyed after toppling from a boat and into the sea .
The lighthouses of Brittany, from Brest to Le Conquet, stand tall on France’s north-western coast against stunning scenery .
ARM extended and head flung back, this little chipmunk performs a loose-limbed yoga move .
STARING intently into the camera, a polar bear appears to be lost in thought while relaxing in the snow .
EXPERTLY camouflaged, this clever panther chameleon knows how to catch its prey by surprise .
STRIKING photos capture nature at its most raw and powerful during Earth’s most electrifying event .
A German photographer travelled around Africa where he met and photographed members of tribes in a series of intimate portraits .
IT'S the iconic TV show that influenced a whole generation in the 1990s .
THIS incredible shimmer of silver fish mirrors the image of that of an underwater tornado .