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.
AT first glance these images could easily be mistaken for photographs, but they are in-fact real life drawings created using nothing but coloured pencils .
A couple have tied the knot in a spectacular Harry Potter-themed wedding which cost £45,000 .
SPLASHING in the water and fighting in-between rocks, these energetic tigers enjoy their fun-filled morning .
A kingfisher’s bright blue and orange feathers glisten in the sunlight as the bird dives into a lake .
OFFERING a glimpse into the past, a mash-up of old and new photographs show how the world’s biggest cities have changed .
A man who conned tax officials out of £34 million and funded a lavish lifestyle of luxury hotels and restaurants has been jailed for one of the longest sentences in British criminal fraud history .
THESE LOVE BIRDS can’t keep their beaks off each other as they share a very public display of affection .
An Indonesian farmer is dragged through muddy water as he clings to the tails of two charging cows .
A pair of BEAUTIFUL rescue sea turtles spot their catch in the waters of the Great Barrier Reef .
TENNIS was a game made for three according to the first Victorian rule book .
Some will get up close and personal with Mother Nature’s deadliest animals to get the perfect shot, posing the question, what lengths will a photographer go to for that all important picture? But in this case, the question should be what depths .