Lightning strikes the Empire State Building in New York City. The photograph was taken from the roof of an apartment building on Mulberry Street in Little Italy during a violent thunderstorm on June 9.
A Great Horned Owl carries off an unidentified bird. Wildlife photographer Anthony C Gibson captured the great horned owl snatching its unsuspecting prey at a lake in Olney, Illinois, US
This US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) GOES satellite image shows Hurricane Adrian, a Category 3 hurricane, off the west coast of Mexico. Adrian strengthened to a major hurricane on Thursday off the Pacific coast of Mexico, with sustained winds of 115 miles (185 kilometres) per hour but posing no immediate threat to land.
Lightning from a line of severe thunderstorms flashes over downtown New London, Connecticut. A line of powerful thunderstorms sweeping across Connecticut knocked out power to thousands of homes. Connecticut Light & Power said close to 90,000 homes and businesses lost electricity.
Elaine Davidson, who holds the record for World's Most Pierced Woman, walks outside Edinburgh Registry Office after her wedding to Douglas Watson...
...Miss Davidson has 6,925 piercings
A fight erupts among a group of cheetahs in the Ngorongoro Crater Conservation Area, in Tanzania. One of the cats leaps four feet in the air during the confrontation between two males. The encounter was a harsh lesson for the younger cheetah, who had been challenged by the older male. British photographer Elliott Neep captured the moments the family of three were approached by the cheetah
Three-year-old Rosie and her mum Becky Hughes enjoying the magical sight of the field of poppies at Blackstone Fields nature reserve, Bewdley, Worcestershire. The poppies at Blackstone are all wild, none have been planted. Poppy seeds can lie dormant in then soil for many years. Visitors are encouraged to come and view the amazing sight, which is right next to the busy A456 Bewdley bypass, but are requested to stay behind the roped off area to avoid disturbing nesting pairs of skylarks. The poppies are in full bloom but are expected to die down very soon.
Australia Zoo director Wes Mannion, with Shaka the saltwater crocodile. It will be all hands on deck at Australia Zoo this weekend for the biggest reshuffle of crocodile pens in nine years. The move - to be filmed as part of a documentary series due for release in the United States next year - will involve Terri, Bindi and Robert Irwin, as well as zoo director Wes Mannion. The shift has been sparked by the need to put one of the attraction's most famous reptiles, the 600kg Agro, into a warmer pond.
An asthma patient is given Fish Prasadam (Fish Medicine) by putting a small live fish in the mouth to swallow, in Hyderabad, India
Jessica Legorreta, 29, poses wearing her self-made Transformer motorcycle costume at her home in Mexico City. Legorreta - whose daytime job is an industrial designer - is, along with her husband, an avid cosplayer and cosmaker, a type of performance art in which participants don and make costumes and accessories to represent movie or comic characters.
The Royal Mint's new commemorative gold £5 coin, created to celebrate the Duke of Edinburgh's 90th birthday. The coin is the first to feature a portrait of Prince Philip on his own, while the portrait of Queen Elizabeth II is found on the obverse side. The coin can be purchased in silver for £59.99, a 22-carat gold coin costs £1,550, and a platinum version is £5,450. Available from www.royalmint.com
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