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.
From a floating jelly fish to a relaxed seal, Britain’s unappreciated beach life is captured above and below the water .
A grand 56-bedroom hotel, once heaving with injured soldiers during the First World War, now lies completely abandoned .
STEPFORD wives from the 1950's and 60's are performing history's most sexist exercise programme .
PICKING up a tiny tea-pot with its paws, a little red squirrel struggles to prepare its morning tea .
A GLOWING range of greens and blues sweep across the sky in a spectacular display of light .
An intrepid explorer hopes to be reunited with his travel partner, after his cuddly toy companion was stolen .
A young orangutan comes over all shy as she hides her face behind a broken bucket .
FORGET Thorpe Park this summer as this is a 50 mile-per-hour ride over the Colorado River CANYON .
Like a scene from a fairytale, THOUSANDS of fireflies create an enchanting glow as they dance in a forest .
A grey whale and her calf greet an audience of awestruck admirers on the Pacific coast of Baja California Sur, Mexico .
LIKE A living balloon this baitball of sardines is ready to burst when threatened by a pointy nosed sailfish .