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 hungry hippo is seconds away from catching a bird in its gigantic jaws .
A chipmunk, with his cheeks full to bursting, has no intention of leaving with an empty stomach .
VIBRANT bursts of colour fill the screen as beautiful flowers blossom in these time-lapse videos .
Animal rescue volunteers have told how a cat riddled with cancer was forced to ripped off its own ears after it was abandoned by its owners .
WELCOME to the Temple of Zoom where you can “experience” sliding down a Mayan temple into shark infested waters .
A Little owl looks down the lens of a camera and gives the photographer a cheeky wink .
THROWING himself off 1,100ft bridges in a wheelchair, this is the PARALYSED base jumper who knows no fear .
A hypnotherapist filmed himself sexually abusing a 19-year-old patient while she was in a trance-like state .
HUDDLED together on a branch, a pair of adorable Javan scops owls soak up the sun .
This longhorn beetle demon-strates a dark side as it looks just like the devil .
A Canadian couple celebrated their engagement by recreating iconic moments from the film The Notebook .