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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The claws come out at meal time as a group of white tailed eagles brawl over road-kill .
The rock restaurant, located in Zanzibar – THIS unique restaurant really does boast breath-taking views - as it is perched on a rock in the middle of the sea .
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A makeup artist from the West Midlands magically transforms herself into famous cartoon characters using body paint .
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These are the men with one of the most unpleasant jobs in the world .
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STARING intently into the camera, a polar bear appears to be lost in thought while relaxing in the snow .