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.
An adorable orangutan named Pongo celebrates his first birthday at Zoo Atlanta, Georgia, America .
AT 4,800 metres high and just three metres wide, this is the most dangerous road in the world .
A quiet Himalayan mountain village springs to life for a colourful Buddhist festival designed to expel evil spirits and bring happiness .
A SPECTRUM of colours fills the sky during this spectacular and natural display of light .
HUDDLED together on a branch, a pair of adorable Javan scops owls soak up the sun .
A SHOCKING cartoon of a black man carrying bags saying‘’zippadydoohdah zip-up immigrant bags’ has appeared in a shop window and is being investigated by police .
WELCOME to the Temple of Zoom where you can “experience” sliding down a Mayan temple into shark infested waters .
A terrified moose, trapped in a frozen lake, bobs her head above the icey water and awaits her rescue .
SOARING at 112 miles per hour through the air, this petite blonde certainly lives up to her title as the fastest flying woman in the world .
Hot on the heels of a little rabbit, this cheetah is on a mission to catch his prey .
HUDDLED together in the hollow of a tree, it would be easy to overlook these two sleepy owls as they blend into the trunk .