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.
FROM motorcycling to department store shopping these spookily faceless people are part of the Chinese-fad for wearing protective solar-visors in public .
Villages on the Somerset Levels have faced weeks of flooding with no respite from the conditions in sight .
DINING under the stars, this restaurant takes you back in time - inside an ancient cave .
LYING flat out on his back, this little meerkat makes the most of the English sunshine .
WELCOME to the real Frankenstein's lab where carefully pickled creatures are left to stew in jars .
A woman who has suffered over 200 allergic reactions in seven years, has been crowned a BEAUTY QUEEN .
In June 2023, Aimee da Cunha, 33, from Perth, Australia, was boiling potatoes on the stove when her two-year-old daughter, Hailey, knocked the pan of water over her .
A Canadian woman who is obsessed with all things mythical has had her ears cut and shaped to look like an ELF .
STAR-TI-LING: 40,000 STARLINGS MIMIC HITCHCOCK'S THE BIRDS- This could be the fearsome scene from Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds as a flock of 40,000 starlings bask in the heat of a wonderful British sunset .
AT 4,800 metres high and just three metres wide, this is the most dangerous road in the world .
An elegant snowy owl spreads her wings and glides effortlessly above the snow covered field .
This daredevil wildebeest tried a walk on the wild side - straight into the snatches of a huge 18 foot crocodile .