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.
Sprawled out on top of a log, this sleeping leopard takes a relaxing break from his daily routine .
Raising his arms above his head and lying flat on his back, a polar bear stretches as he sprawls out across the ice .
This longhorn beetle demon-strates a dark side as it looks just like the devil .
A BROWN bear wades through waters in Alaska and waits for his lunch .
A middle spotted woodpecker swoops into her nest and feeds her young in a forest in Trentino, Italy .
Sam Notaro built his own flood defences to protect his four-bedroom home in Moorland, Somerset Flooding is likely to get worse around Somerset as groundwater levels continue to rise .
Gigantic 100ft waves create the perfect playground for dare-devil surfers from across the world .
SNUGGLED up in the hay away from the elements, this adorable hoglet has sought solace with a familiar friend .
Swimming side by side with divers, these manatees will do anything they can to stay warm .
