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.
Hot on the heels of a little rabbit, this cheetah is on a mission to catch his prey .
FLOATING effortlessly on his back, this little otter laps up a rare glimmer of English spring sunshine .
SURROUNDED by a snowstorm, these young polar bears battle the elements - as well as each other .
ARMED with her camera, bikini and flippers, this brave diver goes swimming with SHARKS .
An Italian photographer travelled to the highlands of New Guinea where he met an Indonesian tribe untouched by the modern world .
THESE kingfishers prove no rod is needed as they go fishing for their dinner .
SOARING through the air, this is the moment a hungry tawny owl arrives home with dinner .
A hypnotherapist filmed himself sexually abusing a 19-year-old patient while she was in a trance-like state .
Playing, splashing and generally messing around, these polar bears show they certainly have a soft spot for the water, and not just each other .
Swimming side by side with divers, these manatees will do anything they can to stay warm .
SWIMMING in unison, millions of silverside fish dwarf the divers .
