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.
ARMED with her camera, bikini and flippers, this brave diver goes swimming with SHARKS .
IN THE not so MISTY MOUNTAINS of Wiltshire, there lies an abandoned hobbit house .
STARING eagerly into the camera, this little toad is full of curiosity .
A curious red squirrel takes a break from collecting nuts and tries her hand at photography .
STOOD side by side next to a busy road, these buildings were once bustling with life .
A TAXIDERMY truck spotted in America’s Deep South could be the most gruesome wagon on the road .
If you had to scrape the snow off your car this morning or slip-slide your way into work over icy pavements spare a thought for these little critters .
This tranquil setting stretches for miles as the sun sets behind the mountain .
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 small Indian monkey is seemingly gob-smacked after reading the latest stock market news .
