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.
This cheeky chappie is getting into all kinds of monkey business as he enjoys cooling off on a scorching hot day .
A group of otters put on a show of aqua aerobics, as they raise their flippers perfectly in sync .
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THIS may look like a dolphin through jumping hoops, but it is in fact nothing more than a clever 3D pencil drawing .
A young orangutan comes over all shy as she hides her face behind a broken bucket .
An adorable orangutan named Pongo celebrates his first birthday at Zoo Atlanta, Georgia, America .
The beds are consumed by moss instead of customers at this abandoned hotel .
An Indonesian farmer is dragged through muddy water as he clings to the tails of two charging cows .
A baby sperm whale assumed the role of a friendly giant when faced with two awestruck divers .
MESMERIZING night sky photographs offer a spellbinding look at the stars .
Dogs catch waves at the Coronado Bay dog surf championships Saturday 22nd June 2013- DOG SURFING mutts have never looked so gnarly .