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.
Fishermen in Myanmar have perfected an unusual fishing technique by carefully balancing on one leg .
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A photographer has captured stunning photographs of the Milky Way above picturesque landscapes in the UK and Italy .
AT first glance these images could easily be mistaken for photographs, but they are in-fact real life drawings created using nothing but coloured pencils .
YOU’VE heard of the northern lights now feast your eyes on the natural wonder of the SOUTHERN lights .
SAILING peacefully across a river in the early morning light, a fisherman in China keeps a 1000 year old tradition alive .
A middle spotted woodpecker swoops into her nest and feeds her young in a forest in Trentino, Italy .
This cheeky chappie is getting into all kinds of monkey business as he enjoys cooling off on a scorching hot day .
STARING eagerly into the camera, this little toad is full of curiosity .
A chipmunk, with his cheeks full to bursting, has no intention of leaving with an empty stomach .
A proud gorilla mum welcomes her newborn baby western lowland gorilla, a critically endangered species .
Families in an Indian slum put their lives on the line by living on top of an ACTIVE railway track .