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.
As sunlight cascades through its vibrant stained glass windows, every inch of the Nasir-ol-Mulk Mosque bursts with colour .
STARING intently into the camera, a polar bear appears to be lost in thought while relaxing in the snow .
THIS may look like a dolphin through jumping hoops, but it is in fact nothing more than a clever 3D pencil drawing .
WITH STUNNING colours and serene scenes, these photographs capture the otherworldly beauty of the English coast .
DASHING through the snow, this little stoat is on the lookout for a Christmas feast .
A diver attempts to control rising numbers of lionfish by feeding the venomous species to Caribbean reef sharks .
A Little owl looks down the lens of a camera and gives the photographer a cheeky wink .
WELCOME to what could be the world's tallest TOTALLY wooden construction .
AN ADORABLE one-eyed kitten has been dubbed the 'pirate cat' because of his pirate-like facial expressions .
WITH his spiked ears and yellow and blue body, a colourful monkey bears an uncanny resemblance to Marvel Comics’ Wolverine .
A Canadian couple celebrated their engagement by recreating iconic moments from the film The Notebook .