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 kingfisher’s bright blue and orange feathers glisten in the sunlight as the bird dives into a lake .
NEW DELHI, A woman activist of India's main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party crosses a police barricade near the residence of ruling Congress party chief Sonia Gandhi during a protest against the recent rape of a five-year-old girl in New Delhi, India, April 21, 2013 .
DIVING down at a speed of 75mph, this is the moment a hungry osprey caught his prey .
A world's first restaurant has opened in Canada, where having your order fall on deaf ears is a good thing .
THIS UNUSUAL collaboration between a mother and her two-year-old daughter makes for some stunning works of art .
EXPERTLY camouflaged, this clever panther chameleon knows how to catch its prey by surprise .
MEET the little lion of suburbia with a mane that makes him look like a mini-king of the jungle .
A diver looks like a minnow as she swims alongside a gigantic whale shark, the largest species of fish on the planet .
SPURTING water 20ft into the air, this is one well you wouldn't want to dip your bucket into .
The San Antonio Zoo in Texas has welcomed a bizarre new addition - a two-headed turtle named Thelma and Louise .
These images of vintage cars, bikes and vans, pictured all over the world, could easily have come from a globetrotting petrol-head’s photo album .
A photographer from the United Arab Emirates travelled to Pakistan where he captured the lives of local people in a series of expressive portraits .