CARRYING a fully grown goat on his back, this five-year-old boy is a child shepherd in the mountains of northern Ethiopia. Away from modern civilization, children living in the Simien Mountains spend their gruelling days herding, or carrying, animals and walking miles through the rocky terrain. From the age of five these children are responsible for goats and sheep in the highlands and when they do rest, the boys and girls are schooled in classrooms made from mud, rocks and wood. German photographer Mario Gerth trekked 3,000 metres up the Ethiopian mountain range to visit this group of Tigray people and their hardy children and witness their unorthodox lifestyle.
This cheeky macaque gets up close and personal as he examines the dental hygiene of his fellow primate .
With luminous colours and alien- like features, these magical mushrooms look like they belong on another planet .
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FLAUNTING its new accessory, a fashionable green dumpy tree frog poses for the camera while wearing a SNAIL as a hat .
Gigantic 100ft waves create the perfect playground for dare-devil surfers from across the world .
A proud gorilla mum welcomes her newborn baby western lowland gorilla, a critically endangered species .
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SURROUNDED by a snowstorm, these young polar bears battle the elements - as well as each other .
15-foot-long great white sharks on the hunt, in False Bay, South Africa - SHOCK and awe pictures of 15-foot-long great whites on the hunt will leave you stunned .
A baby sperm whale assumed the role of a friendly giant when faced with two awestruck divers .