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 support worker was stunned to discover she was eight months pregnant after she was rushed to hospital with 'stomach cramps' .
PERCHING on top of a gate, this young barn swallow waits patiently for his mum to return with dinner .
With luminous colours and alien- like features, these magical mushrooms look like they belong on another planet .
A woman who has suffered over 200 allergic reactions in seven years, has been crowned a BEAUTY QUEEN .
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 .
Families in an Indian slum put their lives on the line by living on top of an ACTIVE railway track .
A woman who was cyberstalked before being shot and paralysed by her ex-husband is campaigning to raise awareness for stalking victims .
PRANKSTER Dom Joly was so livid when he was slapped with a parking ticket that he took to Twitter to vent his anger – only to discover he was the victim of his own gag! The comic got a taste of his own medicine when he was tricked by a fellow joker for the first time in a decade .
It's incredible to think anyone could live in such horrendous squalor - yet two men have been prosecuted for keeping their homes in such revolting conditions that it was no longer fit for their animals .
MASKED intruders look sinister but really they are a gang of urban exploring pranksters .
WELCOME to the real Frankenstein's lab where carefully pickled creatures are left to stew in jars .