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.
WRAPPED up in classy headscarves, these adorable pooches are the picture of sophistication .
With one hand rested on his belly and the other propping his head up, this lazy lizard takes an afternoon break .
BEAUTIFULLY lit by the dim glow of lanterns, a cave in Iceland is transformed into the perfect wedding venue .
A pair of snarling foxes go paw-to-paw and brawl after unexpectedly crossing paths .
IN THE not so MISTY MOUNTAINS of Wiltshire, there lies an abandoned hobbit house .
HUNDREDS of colour coordinated yarns lie abandoned in this once thriving textile mill .
WIDE EYED and staring straight down the lens of the camera, this intrigued seal is ready for his close up .
SOARING through the air, a hungry white-tailed kite prepares to snatch a vole from his mother’s claws .
DIPPING and diving their way through this bumpy journey, these giraffe's duck for cover as they dodge multiple cables and wires .
It’s a role reversal in the Visayan Sea as HUNDREDS of tiny, glistening eggs are carried around inside the mouth of their cardinalfish father .
LUMINOUS green rocks could easily be a beach from Superman's homeland of Krypton .