COVERING themselves in ash and face paint, these are the holy men who live their lives away from everyday society. Known as sadhus, they shun all home comforts for a life spent inside caves, forests and temples and can be found across India and Nepal. German banker and photographer Mario Gerth decided to find and photograph the sadhu people. The 38-year-old of Erfurt, Germany, says: “I have been obsessed with the sadhus for many years and set off in 2013 to look for them.
With the vivid red smoke billowing into the sky amid the misty sand dunes, these are the blissful views provided at the break of dawn at a volcano .
SOME OF the sea’s most terrifying creatures show their softer side as they join a group of diners for lunch .
Swimming side by side with divers, these manatees will do anything they can to stay warm .
A diving guide leaves a shark completely docile and balanced in the palm of his hand .
A couple celebrated tying the knot with a spectacular Alice in Wonderland-themed wedding reception .
STARING eagerly into the camera, this little toad is full of curiosity .
The gunslingers are long gone and tumbleweeds have taken over at this abandoned American Wild West Theme Park in Cornwall .
RACING through the mountain range on horseback, the Kazakh people practice their ancient tradition of hunting with golden eagles .
Meet the human CCTV: a PCSO with a memory for faces so sharp he has apprehended more than 130 suspects in the last year alone with his eagle eyed talents .
A small Indian monkey is seemingly gob-smacked after reading the latest stock market news .
