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

A bear cub unwinds in a forest in eastern Finland by practicing yoga with a series of stretches .

Jostling their quills into the noses of some unlucky cubs, this is the moment two feisty porcupines ALMOST defeat a pride of seven lions .

A woman with a rare allergy to water has told how the condition is so severe it prevents her from KISSING her fiance .

A mother told she had terminal cancer by doctors who ignored her pleas for help 13 times has made a miracle recovery following the UK's first operation of its kind .

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 .

SAILING peacefully across a river in the early morning light, a fisherman in China keeps a 1000 year old tradition alive .

FULL OF STUNNING colours and swirling shapes, the furrows on these fields create a mix of mesmerising patterns .

Oday she is a picture of health - a happy, smiling child, enjoying life to the full .

A floating market in Indonesia is bursting with vibrant colours as wooden rowing boats loaded with fruit and vegetables crowd the river .

THIS is the incredible moment a pelican throws a fish into the air and SLAM DUNKS it into its enormous throat sack .

Sunny Saap, 27, from Columbia, Missouri, United States, enjoys life with her two boyfriends .