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 hungry hippo is seconds away from catching a bird in its gigantic jaws .
DIPPING and diving their way through this bumpy journey, these giraffe's duck for cover as they dodge multiple cables and wires .
Staring death in the face, a little field mouse bravely confronts a hungry cat .
A little brown bear cub shows his doting mum that she is always on parent duty as he uses her as a scratching post .
VIBRANT bursts of colour fill the screen as beautiful flowers blossom in these time-lapse videos .
Animal rescue volunteers have told how a cat riddled with cancer was forced to ripped off its own ears after it was abandoned by its owners .
RESTING his weary head on his flipper, this little seal pup takes a much needed nap after an afternoon of strenuous yoga .
With no luck at the front of the bus, the deer runs around the center seats trying to escape through the window – THIS is the astonishing moment a DEER crashed through the front windshield of a bus before it went hysterically running around the vehicle .
AN American accountant has grown the world's biggest MELON and smashed his way into the record books with his mammoth 350 .
A luxury caravan with a price tag of ONE MILLION DOLLARS is due to hit the road later this year .
NOT YOUR everyday selfie, this plucky diver poses with some of the scariest predators in the ocean .