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.
A proud gorilla mum welcomes her newborn baby western lowland gorilla, a critically endangered species .
FULLY equipped with a kitchen and lounge, it's hard to believe this modern holiday let is actually a BUS .
TOWERING 65 metres into the sky, this terrifying accent is a dream for climbers .
A striped marlin means business as it spots lunch and spears a small fish .
INSIDE Britain's last Naval hospital where scurvy was cured looks like an NHS time capsule .
With the vivid red smoke billowing into the sky amid the misty sand dunes, these are the blissful views provided at the break of dawn at a volcano .
From foster care to the MAGICAL world of cosplay, a young girl’s dreams become reality after being adopted by a photography loving couple .
Destroyed buildings and overturned cars are seen after a huge tornado struck Moore, Oklahoma, near Oklahoma City, May 20, 2013 .
A brave praying mantis makes an unusual friend in an Oriental garden lizard .
Beautiful turquoise waves rise and fall in a series of stunning images taken along the coastline of south-eastern Australia .
Families in an Indian slum put their lives on the line by living on top of an ACTIVE railway track .