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.
At least three people have been killed and more than 100 injured, some seriously, in two explosions at the finish line of the Boston Marathon.
CAMPED out in the middle of a forest, these unusual hut hotels take you back to basics.
ALL IS not as it seems in these deceptive cityscapes.
CONTRASTING settings reveal some of England’s most beautiful landscapes in all their glory.
BASKING in smug satisfaction, a confident squirrel gives a wink to the camera.
A trio of ants are locked in a tug of war over a fly as they pull the bug by its legs.
AT 4,800 metres high and just three metres wide, this is the most dangerous road in the world.
LIKE A living balloon this baitball of sardines is ready to burst when threatened by a pointy nosed sailfish.
Throwing their arms up in the air, these energetic squirrels play a game of ball with a walnut.
An Indonesian farmer is dragged through muddy water as he clings to the tails of two charging cows.
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.
