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 GLOWING range of greens and blues sweep across the sky in a spectacular display of light .
AT 4,800 metres high and just three metres wide, this is the most dangerous road in the world .
AN ADORABLE one-eyed kitten has been dubbed the 'pirate cat' because of his pirate-like facial expressions .
A diver looks like a minnow as she swims alongside a gigantic whale shark, the largest species of fish on the planet .
HOTSPOT MEDIA - FUNKY BUMP: FROM MIRROR bellies to rainbow bumps these pregnancy casts of stone and bronze could be the funkiest way to preserve your bump for posterity .
HUDDLED together on a branch, a pair of adorable Javan scops owls soak up the sun .
WITH A LITTLE cap of fresh snow resting on his head, this squirrel tries his best to pull off his new look .
TENNIS was a game made for three according to the first Victorian rule book .
This longhorn beetle demon-strates a dark side as it looks just like the devil .
THEIR gnarling teeth at the ready, these two baboons fight it out for the last piece of fruit .