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.
POPE MOBBED BY THOUSANDS OF WORSHIPPERS IN RIO - Thousands of worshippers gather to celebrate the Papal visit on Copacabana beach, Rio de Janeiro ,Brazil .
Like a scene from a fairytale, THOUSANDS of fireflies create an enchanting glow as they dance in a forest .
HUDDLING under a leaf, a pair of adorable Javan scops owls take shelter from the rain .
Beautiful turquoise waves rise and fall in a series of stunning images taken along the coastline of south-eastern Australia .
A Romanian photographer has captured the unique patterns of hundreds of human eyes in a series of striking macro shots .
This frozen lighthouse in Michigan could easily be mistaken for a still from the snow swept disaster movie The Day After Tomorrow .
A doting seal smiles at her sweet little pup as she tickles its tummy on the beach .
A once bustling gold rush town in Mono County, California now stands completed deserted .
CONTRASTING settings reveal some of England’s most beautiful landscapes in all their glory .
THIS alien-like bug would look more at home in outer-space but it can actually be found wriggling around here on Earth .
IN a galaxy not so far away lies a magical display of lights that could be the latest image from NASA .
FROM THE world famous Girl with a Pearl Earring painting to a jaguar in the grass, these incredible drawings are created from coloured ballpoint pens .