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.
A diver looks like a minnow as she swims alongside a gigantic whale shark, the largest species of fish on the planet .
A mum-of-two has worn the same t-shirt for an entire year to raise awareness of a 1 in 7 million condition that prevents her daughter from talking .
This starling and prairie dog will not back down an inch as they have a fearsome stand-off over who gets to eat a nut .
This is the moment a nimble red fox and a lumbering Alaskan brown bear were locked in a tense stand-off .
PICKING up a tiny tea-pot with its paws, a little red squirrel struggles to prepare its morning tea .
A woman who was addicted to eating curries has shed an impressive 8st after giving up her favourite food .
CAMPED out in the middle of a forest, these unusual hut hotels take you back to basics .
BURSTING from the water, a beautiful but deadly Sumatran tiger jumps for food in an Indonesian zoo .
COVERING themselves in ash and face paint, these are the holy men who live their lives away from everyday society .
SPLASHING around in a paddling pool, this little elephant soaks up the sunshine .
Growing up, Jasmine Price, now four, loved watching her older sister, Mia Price, now 10, compete in beauty pageants .