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.
A cheeky gorilla sticks her tongue out and plays up for the camera at Bronx Zoo .
SAT ON top of a Brazilian turtle’s head, this little ladybird looks content as he studies his environment from a new height .
INSIDE Britain's last Naval hospital where scurvy was cured looks like an NHS time capsule .
If you had to scrape the snow off your car this morning or slip-slide your way into work over icy pavements spare a thought for these little critters .
Surveying its surroundings, a tiny harvest mouse climbs the stem of a dandelion .
This frozen lighthouse in Michigan could easily be mistaken for a still from the snow swept disaster movie The Day After Tomorrow .
BASKING in smug satisfaction, a confident squirrel gives a wink to the camera .
Swirling water and sand create amazing aerial images of river deltas across Iceland .
A KITTEN'S teaparty and rat's playing dominoes are the bizarre creations by one of Britain's great eccentrics pictured in an incredible new book .
A COUNCIL has come under fire for slapping fines on people’s GRAVESTONES for breaching petty regulations on pot plants .
A diver looks like a minnow as she swims alongside a gigantic whale shark, the largest species of fish on the planet .