STRIKING photos capture nature at its most raw and powerful during Earth’s most electrifying event .

AS graffiti goes, this giant mural of a sweet little girl tenderly watering a tree beneath her is a far cry from what you usually see emblazoned across cities .

MASKED intruders look sinister but really they are a gang of urban exploring pranksters .

While often referred to as the kings of the jungle, gorillas - for all their might - are notorious hydrophobes .

From a platter of finger licking chicken wings to a bowl of Chinese noodle soup, these foodie snaps are enough to make your savoury saliva glands drool .

In the calm waters of Greenland, gigantic icebergs dwarf everything around them .

AN underground HOBBIT motel inspired by JRR Tolkien is just one of the unique places to stay at the world's most unusual hotel complex .

A man who spent 30 minutes impaled on iron railings after attempting to scale an 8ft fence has told of his agonising ordeal - and how he suffered a similar mishap as a child .

A woman was diagnosed with cancer after a cyst left her so bloated medics were convinced she was pregnant .

A deranged dad beat his girlfriend so savagely in a vicious 30 minute attack that the indent of his sovereign ring was left on her face .

Sophie Carr, 23, from Swindon, was just six when her older brother Alex, then 12, abused her during a game of mummies and daddies .

Families in an Indian slum put their lives on the line by living on top of an ACTIVE railway track .