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.
HUNDREDS of colour coordinated yarns lie abandoned in this once thriving textile mill .
They say breakfast is the most important meal of the day and for this greedy camel he can't get enough of his morning feed, as he gate crashes his owner's mealtime .
Ever wished you could live in a house just like Barbie's? Canadian sculptor Heather Benning has created the life-size dollhouse of her dreams out a derelict building .
WITHOUT A care in the world, this little snow monkey puts his feet up and settles in for a snooze .
WRAPPED up in classy headscarves, these adorable pooches are the picture of sophistication .
AN ANGRY giraffe gave a bush-riding cyclist a scare when he stomped his £2K bike into the dirt .
HOPPING onto the scales, these adorable baby Humboldt penguins are ready for their first weigh-in .
HUDDLED together in the hollow of a tree, it would be easy to overlook these two sleepy owls as they blend into the trunk .
A cheeky owl fancies a game of hide and seek as it peeps out from behind a tree .
FROM a HOLLYWOOD actress to the face of an innocent child, these are incredible drawings with an unlikely twist .