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 northern potoo shows it is a master of disguise as it perches on a tree stump and blends into the bark .
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WITH STUNNING colours and serene scenes, these photographs capture the otherworldly beauty of the English coast .
More weather chaos is heading our way, with ice and snow already hitting areas across Birmingham .
This starling and prairie dog will not back down an inch as they have a fearsome stand-off over who gets to eat a nut .
A rare manuscript of one of Charlotte Bronte’s earliest poems went under the hammer today and fetched nearly £100,000 – double what it was expected to get .
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DINING under the stars, this restaurant takes you back in time - inside an ancient cave .
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MASKED intruders look sinister but really they are a gang of urban exploring pranksters .