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.
ROLLING across a 65-metre-high viaduct in the Alps, the red carriages of the Bernina Express add a splash of colour to the spectacular snow-covered Swiss surroundings .
MESMERIZING night sky photographs offer a spellbinding look at the stars .
A proud gorilla mum welcomes her newborn baby western lowland gorilla, a critically endangered species .
From foster care to the MAGICAL world of cosplay, a young girl’s dreams become reality after being adopted by a photography loving couple .
MOUTH OPEN wide, this little stoat appears to be in mid-song as he belts out a tune for his onlookers .
BREATHING life back into old photographs, these black and white images are transformed by colour .
Megan Brailsford, 32, from Cambridgeshire, met Daniel Dugdale, 29, in September 2020 .
WITH A STERN look of determination on their faces, these adorable pooches perfect their doggy paddle as they dive head first into a swimming pool .
FROM KISSING an alligator on the nose to walking over broken glass, this fearless daredevil is a real life female JACKASS .
SWIMMING next to 40 tonne whales, dare-devil divers take the plunge with these gentle giants of the sea .
IN THE not so MISTY MOUNTAINS of Wiltshire, there lies an abandoned hobbit house .
With blue waves tumbling over them, these surfers glide underneath a tunnel of water .