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.
FOR TWO memory-impaired parents their new-born baby Cian is a living timekeeper .
A photographer has captured stunning photographs of the Milky Way above picturesque landscapes in the UK and Italy .
ONCE A doctor’s surgery, family home and office, an array of medical equipment is scattered throughout this abandoned home .
A young woman has told how she has been robbed of her fertility and now faces an uncertain future after she was diagnosed with cervical cancer at the age of just 22 .
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 .
An American woman whose skin turned silver after using nose drops is warning people of the dangers of medicines containing the metal .
An osprey soars through the air at 30 miles per hour before swooping down to catch its prey from a lake .
LEAF-ing much to the imagination, this camera trickery is blooming marvellous .
ARMED with her camera, bikini and flippers, this brave diver goes swimming with SHARKS .
SITTING on a burning sofa unable to move, one man turns his terrifying dreams into reality .