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 COUNCIL has come under fire for slapping fines on people’s GRAVESTONES for breaching petty regulations on pot plants .
TUGGING at his exhausted mum's ears, a beautiful baby orangutan refuses to settle for a nap as he begins a game of peek-a-boo .
Grandmother Janet Kirby was told she couldn't board her plane home after being accused of assault .
CARRYING a fully grown goat on his back, this five-year-old boy is a child shepherd in the mountains of northern Ethiopia .
A grand 56-bedroom hotel, once heaving with injured soldiers during the First World War, now lies completely abandoned .
SNUGGLED up in the hay away from the elements, this adorable hoglet has sought solace with a familiar friend .
THESE LOVE BIRDS can’t keep their beaks off each other as they share a very public display of affection .
SOARING through the air, a hungry white-tailed kite prepares to snatch a vole from his mother’s claws .
This starling and prairie dog will not back down an inch as they have a fearsome stand-off over who gets to eat a nut .
The gunslingers are long gone and tumbleweeds have taken over at this abandoned American Wild West Theme Park in Cornwall .
POWERFUL bolts of lightning illuminate the night sky in an incredible autumn storm over the Sardinian coastline .
A BIKINI swim with jellyfish sounds like the most painful past-time on the planet .