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.
Balanced on one leg, a frog assumes the crane kick martial arts stance made famous in the movie The Karate Kid .
A German photographer travelled around Africa where he met and photographed members of tribes in a series of intimate portraits .
TRYING their best to wriggle away, three adorable tiger cubs receive their health checks at Chester Zoo .
A little brown bear cub shows his doting mum that she is always on parent duty as he uses her as a scratching post .
SWIMMING next to 40 tonne whales, dare-devil divers take the plunge with these gentle giants of the sea .
Complete with core, mantle and crust, these incredible planet cakes are truly out of this world .
THIS alien-like bug would look more at home in outer-space but it can actually be found wriggling around here on Earth .
COVERING themselves in ash and face paint, these are the holy men who live their lives away from everyday society .
Throwing a right hook as he launches onto his opponent with his gnarling teeth at the ready, this is the OTTER-LY ruthless showdown between two otters .
GLAMPING is taken to a whole new level in the form of the luxurious Pop-Up Hotel .
