STRIKING photos capture nature at its most raw and powerful during Earth’s most electrifying event. Shot over the Grand Canyon and even downtown Los Angeles, these amazing images of lightning were taken by American photographer Scott Stulberg, 57. His love of lightning led him to move to the state of Arizona, renowned for its high frequency of storms. ‘No matter where I am, I always feel like a little kid again when I see lightning,’says Scott, of Sedona, Arizona.
An adorable rescue dog who had her eyes gouged out by thugs in Romania has found a loving home in the UK .
WENDY Randall, 16, from Kent is now training to be a bodybuilder after recovering from anorexia .
This is the moment a puffin delved into the ocean and bit off more than he could chew to collect a beak full of fish .
A former obese woman has told how she lost 19st, but was so terrified of gaining weight that she ended up developing an eating disorder .
Is your cat bored? Do his usual playthings simply not do it for him anymore? Not to worry - there's an app for that .
WITH A STERN look of determination on their faces, these adorable pooches perfect their doggy paddle as they dive head first into a swimming pool .
PERCHED on a branch, this Little Owl plays third wheel to two love birds .
THROWING himself off 1,100ft bridges in a wheelchair, this is the PARALYSED base jumper who knows no fear .
Standing on the edge of a never-ending black hole, this is one leap you wouldn't want to make .
Soldiers standing guard outside the Woolwich barracks in London - Two terror suspects are under armed guard in separate hospitals in London after a serving soldier was hacked to death in the street .
CARRYING a fully grown goat on his back, this five-year-old boy is a child shepherd in the mountains of northern Ethiopia .
An adorable baby girl was born with a heart-shaped birthmark on her forehead - after being conceived on Valentine's Day .