While most Brits look forward to long hot summer days, a mum-of-six will be staying in the shade - as she is allergic to the sun. Laura Martindale, 26, suffers from a severe allergic reaction called Actinic Prurigo, which causes her skin to burn and break out in a rash when exposed to UVA and UVB light. At home, the full-time mum keeps the curtains and blinds closed during the day, and when she steps outside, she is forced to wear long sleeved tops and gloves, as well as high factor 50 suncream.
NEVER mind being careful not to choke on your food, this mother bird has a bigger challenge on her hands, as her ravenous offspring impatiently launches its head down into her stomach .
WIDE EYED with a huge smile across her face, this little elephant is a picture of happiness .
EXPERTLY camouflaged, this clever panther chameleon knows how to catch its prey by surprise .
From a floating jelly fish to a relaxed seal, Britain’s unappreciated beach life is captured above and below the water .
An Italian photographer travelled to northern India where he visited poverty stricken suburbs and captured ordinary people in a series of intimate and expressive portraits .
Sitting all alone on drift ice in the Arctic Ocean, this lonely little fella looks lost .
With an abandoned tricycle sitting in an empty corridor, this derelict but once grand mansion could be the setting for The Shining .
BOXING DAY has come early for this pair of feisty squirrels, as their Christmas party quickly turns sour .
MASKED intruders look sinister but really they are a gang of urban exploring pranksters .
