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.
A trout manages to escape the jaws of a hungry cormorant - only to find itself back inside the bird's long beak .
EXPERTLY camouflaged, this clever panther chameleon knows how to catch its prey by surprise .
THIS RING of fire in the sky is the annular solar eclipse that wowed our cousins down-under .
THIS may look like a dolphin through jumping hoops, but it is in fact nothing more than a clever 3D pencil drawing .
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 .
Throwing their arms up in the air, these energetic squirrels play a game of ball with a walnut .
STARING eagerly into the camera, this little toad is full of curiosity .
The lighthouses of Brittany, from Brest to Le Conquet, stand tall on France’s north-western coast against stunning scenery .
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 .
AN OLD ENGLISH cottage packed full of history and valuables has been left to rot .
SNUGGLED up in the hay away from the elements, this adorable hoglet has sought solace with a familiar friend .