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 lazy otter finds the ideal spot to soak up the sun and sleep off his lunch .
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 .
AIRPORT staff have been put on alert after diet pills that come in grenade shaped containers sparked security alerts .
Throwing their arms up in the air, these energetic squirrels play a game of ball with a walnut .
SAILING peacefully across a river in the early morning light, a fisherman in China keeps a 1000 year old tradition alive .
A photographer has travelled the length of the UK capturing lighthouses and their picturesque surroundings .
A frilled lizard appears to be belting out a tune as it sits in a tree with its mouth open wide .
A panic stricken kitten that got her head stuck in a car tyre has been freed by quick thinking RSPCA staff .
A grey whale and her calf greet an audience of awestruck admirers on the Pacific coast of Baja California Sur, Mexico .
WITH their robotic movements and pristine uniforms, these are the sexy traffic girls of North Korea that are becoming iconic figures in the secretive state .
A trio of ants are locked in a tug of war over a fly as they pull the bug by its legs .