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 BROWN bear wades through waters in Alaska and waits for his lunch .
A terrified moose, trapped in a frozen lake, bobs her head above the icey water and awaits her rescue .
STARING open-mouthed into the camera, this shocked fish looks out of place in the middle of its angry friends .
This cheeky chappie is getting into all kinds of monkey business as he enjoys cooling off on a scorching hot day .
FLOATING effortlessly on his back, this little otter laps up a rare glimmer of English spring sunshine .
Megan Brailsford, 32, from Cambridgeshire, met Daniel Dugdale, 29, in September 2020 .
BALANCING 30 metres above ground, these slackliners take the expression of living dangerously one step further, by tightrope walking NAKED .
Splashing around in the water, a mother otter and her son are tangled in a family feud .
COURAGEOUS climbers descend 400 metres as they manoeuvre their way through thick walls of ice .
A kingfisher’s bright blue and orange feathers glisten in the sunlight as the bird dives into a lake .
WITH THEIR adorable big round eyes and fluffy white fur, these baby seals are cute enough to melt any heart .
FROM KISSING an alligator on the nose to walking over broken glass, this fearless daredevil is a real life female JACKASS .