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.
What lies beneath this building site? Britain's great hope of winning the pre-WW2 arms race against Nazi Germany .
THIS is the awesome moment an Osprey catches its prey travelling at 50mph, giving new meaning to FAST FOOD .
LUMINOUS green rocks could easily be a beach from Superman's homeland of Krypton .
Scurrying along the branch of a tree, a little squirrel pushes a pram packed full of Easter treats .
EXPERTLY camouflaged, this clever panther chameleon knows how to catch its prey by surprise .
THIS RING of fire in the sky is the annular solar eclipse that wowed our cousins down-under .
A middle spotted woodpecker swoops into her nest and feeds her young in a forest in Trentino, Italy .
A Brit photographer has captured one of the world's most camera-shy species of fish - during a game of underwater peek-a-boo .
A tiny puppy who lost his front legs after being hit by a train has been given and new LEASH of life with a set of wheels .
A photographer has captured spellbinding images of stars swirling above the English countryside .
A pair of chicks bravely decided to befriend a python, despite being the snake's favourite choice of food .
