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.
WITH THEIR adorable big round eyes and fluffy white fur, these baby seals are cute enough to melt any heart .
A BIKINI swim with jellyfish sounds like the most painful past-time on the planet .
LIKE SUPERMAN carrying a slimy Lois Lane through the air this frog is treating its mate to a flying lesson .
THE CRAZE for mimicking the video game Streetfighter has spread to the streets of London .
A chipmunk, with his cheeks full to bursting, has no intention of leaving with an empty stomach .
ARM extended and head flung back, this little chipmunk performs a loose-limbed yoga move .
An Italian photographer travelled to northern India where he visited poverty stricken suburbs and captured ordinary people in a series of intimate and expressive portraits .
A pair of adorable polar bear cubs play-fight with each other in the Alaskan snow .
LIFTING their heads high and bumping beaks, these aggressive pelicans clash over fish .
Kevin Silva, 52 from Indiana in the USA, has spent an estimated £65K ($100K) on Batman trinkets over the years, and even keeps his 2,500-item haul in his very own basement 'Bat Cave' .
THIS LITTLE squirrel tries to keep himself snug as snow starts to fall around him .