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.
SNEAKING slowly into the water, this Bengal tiger plans a vicious attack on three unsuspecting deer .
THIS RING of fire in the sky is the annular solar eclipse that wowed our cousins down-under .
Say cheese! This cheeky chappy isn’t in the mood to live up to his scary reputation as he is pictured here cracking a killer smile as he goes about his daily business .
A pair of adorable polar bear cubs play-fight with each other in the Alaskan snow .
These photographs of extreme weather capture storms furiously rolling across the sky above America .
An Italian photographer travelled to the highlands of New Guinea where he met an Indonesian tribe untouched by the modern world .
This hungry white tiger has just one thing on her mind - to taste fresh meat .
A kingfisher’s bright blue and orange feathers glisten in the sunlight as the bird dives into a lake .
LEAF-ing much to the imagination, this camera trickery is blooming marvellous .
AN OLD ENGLISH cottage packed full of history and valuables has been left to rot .
STRIKING photos capture nature at its most raw and powerful during Earth’s most electrifying event .