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.
A Canadian couple celebrated their engagement by recreating iconic moments from the film The Notebook .
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PERCHING on top of a gate, this young barn swallow waits patiently for his mum to return with dinner .
AN OLD ENGLISH cottage packed full of history and valuables has been left to rot .
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A Little owl looks down the lens of a camera and gives the photographer a cheeky wink .
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