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.
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These are the amazing close up pictures of North Korea's mass games - after photographers were previously banned from taking shots so close to the dazzling formation dances .
FORGET Thorpe Park this summer as this is a 50 mile-per-hour ride over the Colorado River CANYON .
A US firefighter has battled osteoarthritis and four hip replacements to break the world paddleboarding record .
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A doting seal smiles at her sweet little pup as she tickles its tummy on the beach .
SWIMMING in unison, millions of silverside fish dwarf the divers .
THIS incredible shimmer of silver fish mirrors the image of that of an underwater tornado .
A photographer from the United Arab Emirates travelled to Pakistan where he captured the lives of local people in a series of expressive portraits .
When couples talk about wanting a white wedding, few will be referring to getting hitched on a glacier sat on top of an active volcano .