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.
With the full moon looming behind him, this polar bear nestles down for the night .
THE CRAZE for mimicking the video game Streetfighter has spread to the streets of London .
A cheeky gorilla sticks her tongue out and plays up for the camera at Bronx Zoo .
At least three people have been killed and more than 100 injured, some seriously, in two explosions at the finish line of the Boston Marathon .
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An aerial view of flooding in Gloucestershire .
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DIVING boffins fired harpoons into 30-foot-long whale sharks in a bid to put the sea-beasts on Google Maps .
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SOME OF the sea’s most terrifying creatures show their softer side as they join a group of diners for lunch .
