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.
A little clownfish opens its mouth to reveal a blood sucking intruder living on its tongue .
Fishermen in Myanmar have perfected an unusual fishing technique by carefully balancing on one leg .
A cheeky chipmunk offers some of his spare food, before deciding against the idea and shoving the extra peanut into his already crammed mouth .
An adorable little squirrel wakes from a nap and pops out his tongue for the camera .
THIS may look like a dolphin through jumping hoops, but it is in fact nothing more than a clever 3D pencil drawing .
THIS alien-like bug would look more at home in outer-space but it can actually be found wriggling around here on Earth .
These are the faces of orphans suffering from the horrifying effects of chemical warfare .
SOARING at 112 miles per hour through the air, this petite blonde certainly lives up to her title as the fastest flying woman in the world .
A Brit photographer has captured one of the world's most camera-shy species of fish - during a game of underwater peek-a-boo .
DIVING down at a speed of 75mph, this is the moment a hungry osprey caught his prey .
A DETERMINED great blue heron holds on tightly to its prey as the furry gopher attempts to wriggle free .
