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.
VENTURING into the ocean with self-made spears and nets, the fishermen of Zanzibar put their lives on the line when they catch food for their families .
COURAGEOUS CLIMBERS scale frozen waterfalls in Canada, as the ice threatens to collapse beneath them .
Jostling their quills into the noses of some unlucky cubs, this is the moment two feisty porcupines ALMOST defeat a pride of seven lions .
USUALLY full to bursting, these London Underground stations stand silent and completely commuter free .
FROM COLOURFUL autumn leaves to living trees at first glance you might miss these people blended with nature .
SITTING quietly at the edge of the lake, these two baby bears watch and learn as the adults hunt for fish .
FISTS fly as two gorillas take each other on in a dramatic battle .
A northern potoo shows it is a master of disguise as it perches on a tree stump and blends into the bark .
This is the moment a nimble red fox and a lumbering Alaskan brown bear were locked in a tense stand-off .
With no luck at the front of the bus, the deer runs around the center seats trying to escape through the window – THIS is the astonishing moment a DEER crashed through the front windshield of a bus before it went hysterically running around the vehicle .
A HEIGHT-addicted airline pilot has taken pictures of the Dubai from 1,300-feet .