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.
LIFTING their heads high and bumping beaks, these aggressive pelicans clash over fish .
This longhorn beetle demon-strates a dark side as it looks just like the devil .
Staring death in the face, a little field mouse bravely confronts a hungry cat .
LOCATIONS bursting with vibrant greens and chestnut browns, these photographs capture the peaceful English countryside in all its glory .
IN THE not so MISTY MOUNTAINS of Wiltshire, there lies an abandoned hobbit house .
SKIPPING on the spot, an adorable little owl embraces the 'running man' challenge .
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 .
SHOVELLING food into his mouth, this hungry gorilla enjoys a peaceful moment at dinner time .
NATURE PAPARAZZIS prove you don't have to be Justin Bieber or Cheryl Cole to attract a pack of photographers .
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A BROWN bear wades through waters in Alaska and waits for his lunch .
BURSTING from the water, a beautiful but deadly Sumatran tiger jumps for food in an Indonesian zoo .