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.
The gunslingers are long gone and tumbleweeds have taken over at this abandoned American Wild West Theme Park in Cornwall .
ROLLING across a 65-metre-high viaduct in the Alps, the red carriages of the Bernina Express add a splash of colour to the spectacular snow-covered Swiss surroundings .
Surveying its surroundings, a tiny harvest mouse climbs the stem of a dandelion .
Primed and ready for action, this collection of striking images from the battlefield could be mistaken for authentic photos taking during World War II .
FLYING through the air, these delighted pooches pull their best poses mid-flight .
WITH HIS PAW covering his mouth, this cheeky cub looks amused by something .
Raising his arms above his head and lying flat on his back, a polar bear stretches as he sprawls out across the ice .
COURAGEOUS CLIMBERS scale frozen waterfalls in Canada, as the ice threatens to collapse beneath them .
SNUGGLED up in the hay away from the elements, this adorable hoglet has sought solace with a familiar friend .
A cheeky chipmunk offers some of his spare food, before deciding against the idea and shoving the extra peanut into his already crammed mouth .
