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.
FROM COLOURFUL autumn leaves to living trees at first glance you might miss these people blended with nature .
THESE are the Disney Princesses you wouldn't want to run into in a dark alley .
From vivid greens to glowing pinks, the colours of the aurora borealis fill the night sky above a snow covered Lapland .
The family of a disabled boy who died in a tragic accident at a care home have received a four figure payout after an inquest heard carers allowed him to fall rather than restrain him because of "health and safety" fears .
A six-year-old boy has been left almost blind after a one-in-a-million allergic reaction to antibiotics .
SOARING at 112 miles per hour through the air, this petite blonde certainly lives up to her title as the fastest flying woman in the world .
THIS astonishing film shows the moment a hit-and-run driver ploughed into a woman and a toddler on a Coventry street .
From a floating jelly fish to a relaxed seal, Britain’s unappreciated beach life is captured above and below the water .
Bryanna Debinder, 20, from Pennsylvania in the USA, has lost 7 stone in order to impress her idol .
LUMINOUS green rocks could easily be a beach from Superman's homeland of Krypton .
A trio of ants are locked in a tug of war over a fly as they pull the bug by its legs .
A proud gorilla mum welcomes her newborn baby western lowland gorilla, a critically endangered species .