In April 2018, Lourdes Cuello, 50, from New Jersey, US, was making a cup of tea when her hair and hoodie caught fire on her gas stove. She suffered third-degree burns to her neck, chest, left shoulder and armpit and was hospitalised for six weeks. During that time, she endured two skin grafts surgeries and had to relearn how to walk. Over six years on, Lourdes can't drive due to the lack of mobility in her neck, and she never uses the stove when she's home alone. Thankfully, she has otherwise recovered well.
CAUSING a splash, this determined kingfisher goes hunting for dinner .
In the calm waters of Greenland, gigantic icebergs dwarf everything around them .
AN American accountant has grown the world's biggest MELON and smashed his way into the record books with his mammoth 350 .
This frozen lighthouse in Michigan could easily be mistaken for a still from the snow swept disaster movie The Day After Tomorrow .
Families in an Indian slum put their lives on the line by living on top of an ACTIVE railway track .
A little brown bear cub shows his doting mum that she is always on parent duty as he uses her as a scratching post .
This brave Hyena finally catches his pray among the thousands of flamingos, Lake Nakuru, Kenya - OUTNUMBERED among thousands of flamingos, this bold hyena is not put off from hunting for a morning snack .
UNDERWATER and above-water seaside shots show the best of British beach-life .
Fetching a tiny carrot and a head-shaped snowball, a red squirrel builds the perfect snowman .
A curious red squirrel takes a break from collecting nuts and tries her hand at photography .
Sam Notaro built his own flood defences to protect his four-bedroom home in Moorland, Somerset Flooding is likely to get worse around Somerset as groundwater levels continue to rise .
An Australian beach is illuminated by an enticing neon blue glow as a rare phenomenon lights up the water .