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.
Families in an Indian slum put their lives on the line by living on top of an ACTIVE railway track .
WITH A LITTLE cap of fresh snow resting on his head, this squirrel tries his best to pull off his new look .
A cheeky gorilla sticks her tongue out and plays up for the camera at Bronx Zoo .
GETTING behind the camera, this monkey practices his photography skills on his friends .
FROM THE world famous Girl with a Pearl Earring painting to a jaguar in the grass, these incredible drawings are created from coloured ballpoint pens .
STARING eagerly into the camera, this little toad is full of curiosity .
A little caterpillar fearlessly scampers down a branch and confronts a praying mantis .
ROLLING up snow in its tiny paws, this little squirrel is looking for a snowball fight .
A man who conned tax officials out of £34 million and funded a lavish lifestyle of luxury hotels and restaurants has been jailed for one of the longest sentences in British criminal fraud history .