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.
SAT ON top of a Brazilian turtle’s head, this little ladybird looks content as he studies his environment from a new height .
A woman whose face and body was left scarred for life by angry sores, caused by Lupus, has become a diversity model .
Exploding out of the water, a great white shark performs a backflip during a hunt for seals .
Say cheese! This cheeky chappy isn’t in the mood to live up to his scary reputation as he is pictured here cracking a killer smile as he goes about his daily business .
A Kermit the Frog toy made famous by travelling the world is still globehopping, having racked up an incredible 420,000 kilometres to some of the world's furthest flung places .
TUGGING on the wing of his sibling, this needy owl is after some attention .
A mum from Gloucestershire has accepted her four-year-old twin son’s decision to live full time as a girl - and is now letting him wear a skirt to school .
FINALLY catching a meal, a pair of great white egrets fight over their dinner .
IN THE not so MISTY MOUNTAINS of Wiltshire, there lies an abandoned hobbit house .
A first-time mum has told how she was allergic to her unborn baby after she developed an angry red rash all over her body .
Fetching a tiny carrot and a head-shaped snowball, a red squirrel builds the perfect snowman .