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.
It’s a role reversal in the Visayan Sea as HUNDREDS of tiny, glistening eggs are carried around inside the mouth of their cardinalfish father .
SAILING over crystal clear waters, the Bajau people of Malaysia live their lives almost entirely at SEA .
ESCAPING A LANDFILL FUTURE, these amazing science fiction inspired sculptures are made from everyday objects .
Raising his arms above his head and lying flat on his back, a polar bear stretches as he sprawls out across the ice .
Staring death in the face, a little field mouse bravely confronts a hungry cat .
WITH A LITTLE cap of fresh snow resting on his head, this squirrel tries his best to pull off his new look .
Daniel Blore, 21, of Innage Crescent, Bridgnorth, stabbed his mother three times in the attack on January 11 this year, Stafford Crown Court heard .
Playing, splashing and generally messing around, these polar bears show they certainly have a soft spot for the water, and not just each other .
These adorable pictures show the moment two cuddly red panda cubs take their first look at the outside world and are weighed for the very first time .
Sitting all alone on drift ice in the Arctic Ocean, this lonely little fella looks lost .
This may look like a monster car engine that will leave petrol heads in a spin, but it is in fact a rather snazzy looking COFFEE MACHINE .
A soap bubble lands on the frosty ground and creates a shimmering snow globe as crystals form around it .