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.
Daniel Blore, 21, of Innage Crescent, Bridgnorth, stabbed his mother three times in the attack on January 11 this year, Stafford Crown Court heard .
THIS astonishing film shows the moment a hit-and-run driver ploughed into a woman and a toddler on a Coventry street .
Complete with core, mantle and crust, these incredible planet cakes are truly out of this world .
CLIMBING, falling and tugging on his weary mum, this little orangutan is up to all kinds of trouble .
A hungry hippo is seconds away from catching a bird in its gigantic jaws .
POPE MOBBED BY THOUSANDS OF WORSHIPPERS IN RIO - Thousands of worshippers gather to celebrate the Papal visit on Copacabana beach, Rio de Janeiro ,Brazil .
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 .
LYING back in the snow, these two polar bears share a cuddle as they call time out on playtime .
A cheeky gorilla sticks her tongue out and plays up for the camera at Bronx Zoo .
These photographs of extreme weather capture storms furiously rolling across the sky above America .
These adorable pictures show the moment two cuddly red panda cubs take their first look at the outside world and are weighed for the very first time .