COVERING themselves in ash and face paint, these are the holy men who live their lives away from everyday society .

LYING flat out on his back, this little meerkat makes the most of the English sunshine .

Peering curiously into a basket hanging off the arms of a snowman, this little squirrel appears fascinated by the snowy figure .

A lazy otter finds the ideal spot to soak up the sun and sleep off his lunch .

A mum who has hid behind the hair loss condition alopecia for the last 20 years has bravely revealed a secret compulsion to tear out her own hair that has tormented her since she was a child .

Here's a collection of art for the DIGIT-AL age as these fascinating illusions of landmarks, places and even a banana are made using just a pair of hands .

HEARTWARMING belongings lie abandoned in this eerie former dairy farm which has been left to crumble away for decades .

A photographer has travelled the length of the UK capturing lighthouses and their picturesque surroundings .

At first glance it might look like someone has taken their revenge on the makers of those infuriating insurance ads .

WELCOME to the real Frankenstein's lab where carefully pickled creatures are left to stew in jars .

CARRYING a fully grown goat on his back, this five-year-old boy is a child shepherd in the mountains of northern Ethiopia .

While often referred to as the kings of the jungle, gorillas - for all their might - are notorious hydrophobes .