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 .

If you had to scrape the snow off your car this morning or slip-slide your way into work over icy pavements spare a thought for these little critters .

STAR-TI-LING: 40,000 STARLINGS MIMIC HITCHCOCK'S THE BIRDS- This could be the fearsome scene from Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds as a flock of 40,000 starlings bask in the heat of a wonderful British sunset .

A man who spent 30 minutes impaled on iron railings after attempting to scale an 8ft fence has told of his agonising ordeal - and how he suffered a similar mishap as a child .

Meet mother of four, Jackie Wright, whose bizarre fear means she is terrified of HOLES .

With the full moon looming behind him, this polar bear nestles down for the night .

SWIMMING next to 40 tonne whales, dare-devil divers take the plunge with these gentle giants of the sea .

NOT YOUR everyday selfie, this plucky diver poses with some of the scariest predators in the ocean .

A curious clownfish peaks through the tentacles of a sea anemone .

THIS DANGER-mad female pensioner could be the oldest Brit to cage dive with CROCODILES .

WELCOME to the 750-foot deep rainbow cave that leaves visitors bewildered by its multi-coloured mood lighting .

With an abandoned tricycle sitting in an empty corridor, this derelict but once grand mansion could be the setting for The Shining .