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.
Sam Notaro built his own flood defences to protect his four-bedroom home in Moorland, Somerset Flooding is likely to get worse around Somerset as groundwater levels continue to rise .
A WIMBLEDON-mad couple will be creating a racket this summer - after installing a TENNIS COURT in their living room .
A pair of adorable polar bear cubs play-fight with each other in the Alaskan snow .
A brave praying mantis makes an unusual friend in an Oriental garden lizard .
WIDE EYED and staring straight down the lens of the camera, this intrigued seal is ready for his close up .
A photographer has captured spellbinding images of stars swirling above the English countryside .
FROM COLOURFUL autumn leaves to living trees at first glance you might miss these people blended with nature .
DINING under the stars, this restaurant takes you back in time - inside an ancient cave .
It's incredible to think anyone could live in such horrendous squalor - yet two men have been prosecuted for keeping their homes in such revolting conditions that it was no longer fit for their animals .
SAT ON top of a Brazilian turtle’s head, this little ladybird looks content as he studies his environment from a new height .
Splashing around in the water, a mother otter and her son are tangled in a family feud .
Here's a APPY solution that should brighten up a wet weekend away camping - a wood powered stove that also recharges your smartphone .