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.
NOT YOUR everyday selfie, this plucky diver poses with some of the scariest predators in the ocean .
A BROWN bear wades through waters in Alaska and waits for his lunch .
A diving guide leaves a shark completely docile and balanced in the palm of his hand .
A striped marlin means business as it spots lunch and spears a small fish .
CAMPED out in the middle of a forest, these unusual hut hotels take you back to basics .
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 .
SPARKLING bright inside their box, it’s hard to believe these diamonds are made from the cremated remains of the deceased .
INSIDE Britain's last Naval hospital where scurvy was cured looks like an NHS time capsule .
These are the men with one of the most unpleasant jobs in the world .
A diver attempts to control rising numbers of lionfish by feeding the venomous species to Caribbean reef sharks .
With no luck at the front of the bus, the deer runs around the center seats trying to escape through the window – THIS is the astonishing moment a DEER crashed through the front windshield of a bus before it went hysterically running around the vehicle .