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.
With the vivid red smoke billowing into the sky amid the misty sand dunes, these are the blissful views provided at the break of dawn at a volcano .
If you tune into primetime coverage of the 2012 Olympic Games, you’re most likely going to see London’s new Aquatic Center from many angles as athletes from all around the globe compete for the top spot on the podium .
SNUGGLING up against their teddy bears, these baby sloths could easily be mistaken for one of the cuddly toys .
AN American accountant has grown the world's biggest MELON and smashed his way into the record books with his mammoth 350 .
THE THOUGHT OF BECOMING shipwrecked on a remote destination would fill most holidaymakers with dread .
SNUGGLED up in the hay away from the elements, this adorable hoglet has sought solace with a familiar friend .
A SPECTACULAR array of stars fills the night sky as they soar over this active volcano .
THE CRAZE for mimicking the video game Streetfighter has spread to the streets of London .
An Italian photographer travelled to Chile where he visited several star-gazing sites, home to some of the world's most advanced telescopes, located in the spectacular setting of the Atacama desert .
IN a galaxy not so far away lies a magical display of lights that could be the latest image from NASA .
An adorable orangutan named Pongo celebrates his first birthday at Zoo Atlanta, Georgia, America .
ALL IS not as it seems in these deceptive cityscapes .