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.
VIBRANT bursts of colour fill the screen as beautiful flowers blossom in these time-lapse videos .
Amanda Bohm, 22, and her mum, Janet, 58, were the best of friends .
A disabled sheep is enjoying a new fleece of life after receiving a specially-designed wheelchair .
THE TOWERING Irish cliffs of Moher stand tall over the rippling Atlantic Ocean .
THIS alien-like bug would look more at home in outer-space but it can actually be found wriggling around here on Earth .
The beds are consumed by moss instead of customers at this abandoned hotel .
A terrified moose, trapped in a frozen lake, bobs her head above the icey water and awaits her rescue .
A mischievous fox cub demonstrates his playful side by biting his sibling’s tail .
MAKING himself at home, this little snail perches happily on top of this frog's head .
Pinning a purple flower into her bleach blonde hair, pretty Ava admired herself in the mirror .
FULLY equipped with a kitchen and lounge, it's hard to believe this modern holiday let is actually a BUS .
Housands of cushions handmade as gifts for Olympics athletes may go to waste after London 2012 KNITWITS stitched up volunteers by refusing to allow them to hand them out .