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.
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HUDDLING under a leaf, a pair of adorable Javan scops owls take shelter from the rain .
WITH HIS PAW covering his mouth, this cheeky cub looks amused by something .
Families in an Indian slum put their lives on the line by living on top of an ACTIVE railway track .
TUGGING at his exhausted mum's ears, a beautiful baby orangutan refuses to settle for a nap as he begins a game of peek-a-boo .
CAMPED out in the middle of a forest, these unusual hut hotels take you back to basics .
SQUABBLING over the last piece of grain, these hungry squirrels are determined to stock up on as much food as possible .
A hypnotherapist filmed himself sexually abusing a 19-year-old patient while she was in a trance-like state .
CLINGING onto nothing but ice, this brave climber reaches heights of 1000 FEET as he scales frozen solid waterfalls .
SOARING through the air, this is the moment a hungry tawny owl arrives home with dinner .
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