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.
An aerial view of flooding in Gloucestershire .
High street giant Harvey Nichols has come under fire for a "disgusting" ad campaign that depicts a woman peeing herself .
Blonde teen Jess Stubbs has certainly got girl power - as Britain’s youngest TRUCKER .
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A German photographer travelled around Africa where he met and photographed members of tribes in a series of intimate portraits .
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Raising his arms above his head and lying flat on his back, a polar bear stretches as he sprawls out across the ice .
A woman with a fear of flying claims she was humiliated after an Emirates airline staff member told her she could ‘go to prison for four years’ for possessing diazepam medication .
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WITH A STERN look of determination on their faces, these adorable pooches perfect their doggy paddle as they dive head first into a swimming pool .
A weightlifter has lost a whopping 12st after swapping biscuits for biceps .
FISTS fly as two gorillas take each other on in a dramatic battle .