In 2004, an unknown-to-the-world Usain Bolt rose from the ashes of defeat to later perform feats.

Paris Match cover re imagines height of a former first couple.

The tallest living land animal faces 'silent extinction,' one conservation group has said. Some 106 countries backed a CITES protection, paving the way toward regulating international trade in giraffes.

Over a dozen teenagers in Switzerland have been hospitalized after lightning struck a soccer field during a game. The bolt hit a lamp post before spreading over the field.

A historic bell tower in Sydney bursts into flames after it was struck by lightning as a severe thunderstorm hit the Australian city. Firefighters put out the fire and managed to save the residence in the Sydney suburbs, which local media say was built in the 1880s. The top of the tower however was gutted by the blaze.

Smoke columns from fires in the US state of California could spawn lightning storms that cause more blazes, experts warn. Several communities have been evacuated.

At least 16 people from a Bangladeshi wedding party have been killed by lightning while disembarking from a boat. Fatal lightning strikes are becoming ever more frequent in the country.

Giraffes and lightning are both rare but lightning strikes on giraffes aren't unheard of. Despite being around five metres tall, giraffes are very unlikely to get struck by lightning.