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.
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Grandmother Janet Kirby was told she couldn't board her plane home after being accused of assault .
Dogs catch waves at the Coronado Bay dog surf championships Saturday 22nd June 2013- DOG SURFING mutts have never looked so gnarly .
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A trout manages to escape the jaws of a hungry cormorant - only to find itself back inside the bird's long beak .
LINED up one by one on a deer’s back, these little birds give their wings a break as they catch a ride across London .
A hypnotherapist filmed himself sexually abusing a 19-year-old patient while she was in a trance-like state .
