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

Bathers on a New Zealand beach stripped naked and took to the Pacific Ocean in an attempt to shatter the record for the world's largest skinny dip .

A mother-of-four has revealed how, like the Beckhams, she’s added an outside toilet to her home .

A diver explores the crystal clear waters of the Silfra canyon in southern Iceland, which is the only place on Earth where you can dive or snorkel between two continental plates .

With a dust covered coat hung from a wardrobe door and a pair of glasses left on a shelf, a remote farmhouse lies abandoned in the Welsh countryside .

A hungry hippo is seconds away from catching a bird in its gigantic jaws .

A photographer has captured stunning photographs of the Milky Way above picturesque landscapes in the UK and Italy .

FROM MRS Patmore to Lady Sybil, these barking mad illustrations show the WOOF-er side of some of our most loved Downton characters .

RAISING his flipper, this two day old seal pup gives a wave to the camera .

This hungry white tiger has just one thing on her mind - to taste fresh meat .

A six-year-old boy has been left almost blind after a one-in-a-million allergic reaction to antibiotics .

A small Indian monkey is seemingly gob-smacked after reading the latest stock market news .