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.
AIRPORT staff have been put on alert after diet pills that come in grenade shaped containers sparked security alerts .
DINING under the stars, this restaurant takes you back in time - inside an ancient cave .
WITHOUT A care in the world, this little snow monkey puts his feet up and settles in for a snooze .
WITH A STERN look of determination on their faces, these adorable pooches perfect their doggy paddle as they dive head first into a swimming pool .
FROM THE world famous Girl with a Pearl Earring painting to a jaguar in the grass, these incredible drawings are created from coloured ballpoint pens .
Sam Notaro built his own flood defences to protect his four-bedroom home in Moorland, Somerset Flooding is likely to get worse around Somerset as groundwater levels continue to rise .
Kevin Silva, 52 from Indiana in the USA, has spent an estimated £65K ($100K) on Batman trinkets over the years, and even keeps his 2,500-item haul in his very own basement 'Bat Cave' .
This is the moment a nimble red fox and a lumbering Alaskan brown bear were locked in a tense stand-off .
A makeup artist from the West Midlands magically transforms herself into famous cartoon characters using body paint .
With blue waves tumbling over them, these surfers glide underneath a tunnel of water .
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 .
FULL OF STUNNING colours and swirling shapes, the furrows on these fields create a mix of mesmerising patterns .