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 photographer has captured spellbinding images of stars swirling above the English countryside .
THESE LOVE BIRDS can’t keep their beaks off each other as they share a very public display of affection .
A rare manuscript of one of Charlotte Bronte’s earliest poems went under the hammer today and fetched nearly £100,000 – double what it was expected to get .
Playing, splashing and generally messing around, these polar bears show they certainly have a soft spot for the water, and not just each other .
A US firefighter has battled osteoarthritis and four hip replacements to break the world paddleboarding record .
A BLIND man was battered with a brick in a sickening attack by two thugs .
With blue waves tumbling over them, these surfers glide underneath a tunnel of water .
Gigantic 100ft waves create the perfect playground for dare-devil surfers from across the world .
A Romanian photographer has captured the unique patterns of hundreds of human eyes in a series of striking macro shots .
PRANKSTER Dom Joly was so livid when he was slapped with a parking ticket that he took to Twitter to vent his anger – only to discover he was the victim of his own gag! The comic got a taste of his own medicine when he was tricked by a fellow joker for the first time in a decade .
A hypnotherapist filmed himself sexually abusing a 19-year-old patient while she was in a trance-like state .
LYING flat out on his back, this little meerkat makes the most of the English sunshine .