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.
WIDE EYED with a huge smile across her face, this little elephant is a picture of happiness .
A young otter wades through a lake with his eyes set on an older rival’s fish .
USUALLY full to bursting, these London Underground stations stand silent and completely commuter free .
NEW DELHI, A woman activist of India's main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party crosses a police barricade near the residence of ruling Congress party chief Sonia Gandhi during a protest against the recent rape of a five-year-old girl in New Delhi, India, April 21, 2013 .
CONTRASTING settings reveal some of England’s most beautiful landscapes in all their glory .
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 .
AIRPORT staff have been put on alert after diet pills that come in grenade shaped containers sparked security alerts .
Sitting all alone on drift ice in the Arctic Ocean, this lonely little fella looks lost .
DASHING through the snow, this little stoat is on the lookout for a Christmas feast .
Splashing around in the water, a mother otter and her son are tangled in a family feud .
A brave praying mantis makes an unusual friend in an Oriental garden lizard .
