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.
MASKED intruders look sinister but really they are a gang of urban exploring pranksters .
SAILING over crystal clear waters, the Bajau people of Malaysia live their lives almost entirely at SEA .
CONTRASTING settings reveal some of England’s most beautiful landscapes in all their glory .
With an abandoned tricycle sitting in an empty corridor, this derelict but once grand mansion could be the setting for The Shining .
A BLIND man was battered with a brick in a sickening attack by two thugs .
HIDDEN in the middle of the Mojave Desert, a secret oasis awaits intrepid travellers .
VIBRANT bursts of colour fill the screen as beautiful flowers blossom in these time-lapse videos .
A rare manuscript of one of Charlotte Bronte’s earliest poems went under the hammer today and fetched nearly £100,000 – double what it was expected to get .
A chipmunk, with his cheeks full to bursting, has no intention of leaving with an empty stomach .
BALANCING 30 metres above ground, these slackliners take the expression of living dangerously one step further, by tightrope walking NAKED .
A baby sperm whale assumed the role of a friendly giant when faced with two awestruck divers .