A 41-year-old-man was killed and his 38-year-old wife injured when they were struck by lightning strike in southern Mongolia.

The couple from Deren Soum of Dundgovi Province were herding their livestock on Thursday when the lightning hit. The wife was badly injured, and is currently being treated at hospital.

On Wednesday, 22 sheep and 46 goats belonging to another herder were killed in a lightning strike in Durvuljin Soum of Zavkhan Province in western Mongolia.