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.
AN OLD ENGLISH cottage packed full of history and valuables has been left to rot .
WIDE EYED with a huge smile across her face, this little elephant is a picture of happiness .
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 .
MESMERIZING night sky photographs offer a spellbinding look at the stars .
SNEAKING slowly into the water, this Bengal tiger plans a vicious attack on three unsuspecting deer .
A TAXIDERMY truck spotted in America’s Deep South could be the most gruesome wagon on the road .
SURROUNDED by divers, a hungry green sea turtle enjoys being the centre of attention .
A NINJA red squirrel cuts a dashing figure as the little fella jumps up to ten-feet between treetops in the Yorkshire Dales .
LYING flat out on his back, this little meerkat makes the most of the English sunshine .
From vivid greens to glowing pinks, the colours of the aurora borealis fill the night sky above a snow covered Lapland .
Balanced on one leg, a frog assumes the crane kick martial arts stance made famous in the movie The Karate Kid .