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 COUNCIL has come under fire for slapping fines on people’s GRAVESTONES for breaching petty regulations on pot plants .
An Australian explorer has travelled the globe with a toy pig, known as Travel Piggy, in search of a missing cuddly companion .
GLAMPING is taken to a whole new level in the form of the luxurious Pop-Up Hotel .
YOU’VE heard of the northern lights now feast your eyes on the natural wonder of the SOUTHERN lights .
A curious red squirrel takes a break from collecting nuts and tries her hand at photography .
PUSHING the diver out of his way, this little sea turtle shows he’s not in the mood for photographs .
IN THE not so MISTY MOUNTAINS of Wiltshire, there lies an abandoned hobbit house .
A little clownfish opens its mouth to reveal a blood sucking intruder living on its tongue .
A German photographer travelled around Africa where he met and photographed members of tribes in a series of intimate portraits .
A cheeky owl fancies a game of hide and seek as it peeps out from behind a tree .
