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.
A couple celebrated tying the knot with a spectacular Alice in Wonderland-themed wedding reception .
FISTS fly as two gorillas take each other on in a dramatic battle .
HIDDEN in the middle of the Mojave Desert, a secret oasis awaits intrepid travellers .
A project to create an underwater tribute to the stone Moai statues of Easter Island ended in disaster when 15 replica structures were destroyed after toppling from a boat and into the sea .
A group of shelter dogs showcase their loveable personalities in a series of passport-style photographs - in the hope of finding their forever homes .
IN THE not so MISTY MOUNTAINS of Wiltshire, there lies an abandoned hobbit house .
BALANCING 30 metres above ground, these slackliners take the expression of living dangerously one step further, by tightrope walking NAKED .
A SPECTACULAR array of stars fills the night sky as they soar over this active volcano .
A Little owl looks down the lens of a camera and gives the photographer a cheeky wink .
Balanced on one leg, a frog assumes the crane kick martial arts stance made famous in the movie The Karate Kid .
WITH HIS PAW covering his mouth, this cheeky cub looks amused by something .