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.
SITTING in the middle of a vast desert, an abandoned cinema is still waiting for its first movie to be screened .
A BAMBI was dramatically caught in mid-air by a greedy Nile crocodile in a once-in-a-million flying pincer move .
A SPECTACULAR array of stars fills the night sky as they soar over this active volcano .
LOCATIONS bursting with vibrant greens and chestnut browns, these photographs capture the peaceful English countryside in all its glory .
THIS DANGER-mad female pensioner could be the oldest Brit to cage dive with CROCODILES .
BALANCING 30 metres above ground, these slackliners take the expression of living dangerously one step further, by tightrope walking NAKED .
Sprawled out on top of a log, this sleeping leopard takes a relaxing break from his daily routine .
Swirling water and sand create amazing aerial images of river deltas across Iceland .
Fishermen in Myanmar have perfected an unusual fishing technique by carefully balancing on one leg .
BASKING in smug satisfaction, a confident squirrel gives a wink to the camera .
It's incredible to think anyone could live in such horrendous squalor - yet two men have been prosecuted for keeping their homes in such revolting conditions that it was no longer fit for their animals .
