STRIKING photos capture nature at its most raw and powerful during Earth’s most electrifying event. Shot over the Grand Canyon and even downtown Los Angeles, these amazing images of lightning were taken by American photographer Scott Stulberg, 57. His love of lightning led him to move to the state of Arizona, renowned for its high frequency of storms. ‘No matter where I am, I always feel like a little kid again when I see lightning,’says Scott, of Sedona, Arizona.
PRANKSTER Dom Joly was so livid when he was slapped with a parking ticket that he took to Twitter to vent his anger – only to discover he was the victim of his own gag! The comic got a taste of his own medicine when he was tricked by a fellow joker for the first time in a decade .
CLIMBING, falling and tugging on his weary mum, this little orangutan is up to all kinds of trouble .
SNUGGLED up in the hay away from the elements, this adorable hoglet has sought solace with a familiar friend .
COURAGEOUS CLIMBERS scale frozen waterfalls in Canada, as the ice threatens to collapse beneath them .
A small Indian monkey is seemingly gob-smacked after reading the latest stock market news .
Ever wished you could live in a house just like Barbie's? Canadian sculptor Heather Benning has created the life-size dollhouse of her dreams out a derelict building .
HOPPING onto the scales, these adorable baby Humboldt penguins are ready for their first weigh-in .
DIPPING his head into the vase of water, this little squirrel takes a refreshing break from an afternoon of eating .
A young otter wades through a lake with his eyes set on an older rival’s fish .
FROM KISSING an alligator on the nose to walking over broken glass, this fearless daredevil is a real life female JACKASS .
Soldiers standing guard outside the Woolwich barracks in London - Two terror suspects are under armed guard in separate hospitals in London after a serving soldier was hacked to death in the street .