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.
Splashing around in the water, a mother otter and her son are tangled in a family feud .
PERCHED on a branch, this Little Owl plays third wheel to two love birds .
A little brown bear cub shows his doting mum that she is always on parent duty as he uses her as a scratching post .
A project to create an underwater tribute to the stone Moai statues of Easter Island ended in disaster when 15 replica structures were destroyed after toppling from a boat and into the sea .
WONDERS of the world have been transformed into their mini-versions in a seven-year round the world adventure .
If you're ever struggling to find a use for your old VHS tapes you might want to take a tip from this innovative artist .
TUGGING on the wing of his sibling, this needy owl is after some attention .
A NINJA red squirrel cuts a dashing figure as the little fella jumps up to ten-feet between treetops in the Yorkshire Dales .
This longhorn beetle demon-strates a dark side as it looks just like the devil .
Here's a collection of art for the DIGIT-AL age as these fascinating illusions of landmarks, places and even a banana are made using just a pair of hands .
IT'S the iconic TV show that influenced a whole generation in the 1990s .