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.
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 .
SURROUNDED by divers, a hungry green sea turtle enjoys being the centre of attention .
CLIMBING, falling and tugging on his weary mum, this little orangutan is up to all kinds of trouble .
An Italian photographer travelled to northern India where he visited poverty stricken suburbs and captured ordinary people in a series of intimate and expressive portraits .
Families in an Indian slum put their lives on the line by living on top of an ACTIVE railway track .
A photographer has captured stunning photographs of the Milky Way above picturesque landscapes in the UK and Italy .
STOLEN £2K BULLDOG REUNITED WITH FAMILY VIA TWITTER - A £2,000 bulldog puppy snatched from her home by burglars has been reunited with her family thanks to Twitter .
IN a galaxy not so far away lies a magical display of lights that could be the latest image from NASA .
Fishermen in Myanmar have perfected an unusual fishing technique by carefully balancing on one leg .
AN OLD ENGLISH cottage packed full of history and valuables has been left to rot .
MOUTH OPEN wide, this little stoat appears to be in mid-song as he belts out a tune for his onlookers .
SAILING over crystal clear waters, the Bajau people of Malaysia live their lives almost entirely at SEA .