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.
SHOWING off her best assets for the camera, this cheeky orangutan is in the mood for love, puckering up her lips to blow the biggest kiss she can .
SPURTING water 20ft into the air, this is one well you wouldn't want to dip your bucket into .
ALL IS not as it seems in these deceptive cityscapes .
With blue waves tumbling over them, these surfers glide underneath a tunnel of water .
Armed with a snorkel, flippers and her skimpy bikini, an intrepid female free diver swims alongside an array of reef sharks .
These photographs of extreme weather capture storms furiously rolling across the sky above America .
PUSHING the diver out of his way, this little sea turtle shows he’s not in the mood for photographs .
From a floating jelly fish to a relaxed seal, Britain’s unappreciated beach life is captured above and below the water .
THEIR gnarling teeth at the ready, these two baboons fight it out for the last piece of fruit .
MASKED intruders look sinister but really they are a gang of urban exploring pranksters .
AT first glance these images could easily be mistaken for photographs, but they are in-fact real life drawings created using nothing but coloured pencils .
An Italian photographer travelled to northern India where he visited poverty stricken suburbs and captured ordinary people in a series of intimate and expressive portraits .