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.
A cheeky gorilla sticks her tongue out and plays up for the camera at Bronx Zoo .
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 .
An adorable red squirrel says goodbye to the summer as he shelters from the rain underneath a small blue umbrella .
DIVING down at a speed of 75mph, this is the moment a hungry osprey caught his prey .
A mum who has hid behind the hair loss condition alopecia for the last 20 years has bravely revealed a secret compulsion to tear out her own hair that has tormented her since she was a child .
WELCOME to the 125 decibel boombox bus that could damage your hearing if you party too close to its giant speakers .
SOARING through the air, a hungry white-tailed kite prepares to snatch a vole from his mother’s claws .
Ashlee, 20, has always known that she was supposed to be a girl .
WITH A LITTLE cap of fresh snow resting on his head, this squirrel tries his best to pull off his new look .
AN anorexic woman whose heart stopped after she starved herself to 3st has revealed that ‘dying’ for a minute helped shock her into recovery .
Some will get up close and personal with Mother Nature’s deadliest animals to get the perfect shot, posing the question, what lengths will a photographer go to for that all important picture? But in this case, the question should be what depths .
Surveying its surroundings, a tiny harvest mouse climbs the stem of a dandelion .