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.
SHOVELLING food into his mouth, this hungry gorilla enjoys a peaceful moment at dinner time .
WITH STUNNING colours and serene scenes, these photographs capture the otherworldly beauty of the English coast .
SNUGGLED up in the hay away from the elements, this adorable hoglet has sought solace with a familiar friend .
MOUTH OPEN wide, this little stoat appears to be in mid-song as he belts out a tune for his onlookers .
WITH a paw in the air and his tongue hanging from his mouth, it is clear to see that this little groundhog is struggling to wake up and leave behind the comfort of his burrow .
These photographs of extreme weather capture storms furiously rolling across the sky above America .
A BIKINI swim with jellyfish sounds like the most painful past-time on the planet .
FISTS fly as two gorillas take each other on in a dramatic battle .
They say breakfast is the most important meal of the day and for this greedy camel he can't get enough of his morning feed, as he gate crashes his owner's mealtime .
STOOD side by side next to a busy road, these buildings were once bustling with life .
A project to create an underwater tribute to the stone Moai statues of Easter Island ended in disaster when 15 replica structures were destroyed after toppling from a boat and into the sea .
AT first glance these images could easily be mistaken for photographs, but they are in-fact real life drawings created using nothing but coloured pencils .