CARRYING a fully grown goat on his back, this five-year-old boy is a child shepherd in the mountains of northern Ethiopia. Away from modern civilization, children living in the Simien Mountains spend their gruelling days herding, or carrying, animals and walking miles through the rocky terrain. From the age of five these children are responsible for goats and sheep in the highlands and when they do rest, the boys and girls are schooled in classrooms made from mud, rocks and wood. German photographer Mario Gerth trekked 3,000 metres up the Ethiopian mountain range to visit this group of Tigray people and their hardy children and witness their unorthodox lifestyle.
AN EXERCISING turtle and an ice-skating chick are hardly everyday exploits in the animal community .
PERCHING on top of a gate, this young barn swallow waits patiently for his mum to return with dinner .
A ROAD KILL munching Scot has chewed on everything from a dead squirrel to an unlucky crow – all in the name of art .
A rare manuscript of one of Charlotte Bronte’s earliest poems went under the hammer today and fetched nearly £100,000 – double what it was expected to get .
A trout manages to escape the jaws of a hungry cormorant - only to find itself back inside the bird's long beak .
A terrified moose, trapped in a frozen lake, bobs her head above the icey water and awaits her rescue .
WITH SNOW COVERING the ground around them, these two polar bears play fight .
RAISING his flipper, this two day old seal pup gives a wave to the camera .
This longhorn beetle demon-strates a dark side as it looks just like the devil .
Most people bend over backwards to keep children entertained, but this baboon show us how it’s done .
Fishermen in Myanmar have perfected an unusual fishing technique by carefully balancing on one leg .
CAMPED out in the middle of a forest, these unusual hut hotels take you back to basics .