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 US firefighter has battled osteoarthritis and four hip replacements to break the world paddleboarding record .
A photographer from the United Arab Emirates travelled to Pakistan where he captured the lives of local people in a series of expressive portraits .
BLOWING bubbles underwater, this adorable polar bear slides into his tank for a playful dip .
Meet the human CCTV: a PCSO with a memory for faces so sharp he has apprehended more than 130 suspects in the last year alone with his eagle eyed talents .
SOARING through the air, a hungry white-tailed kite prepares to snatch a vole from his mother’s claws .
What lies beneath this building site? Britain's great hope of winning the pre-WW2 arms race against Nazi Germany .
Staring death in the face, a little field mouse bravely confronts a hungry cat .
IN a galaxy not so far away lies a magical display of lights that could be the latest image from NASA .
Southern England, the south-west and west Wales have been warned to expect more wild weather, with heavy rain and high tides possibly leading to coastal flooding and travel disruption over the weekend .
These images of vintage cars, bikes and vans, pictured all over the world, could easily have come from a globetrotting petrol-head’s photo album .
A TEN-THOUSAND square foot wide Avatar-style grove is such a beauty it will leave you feeling VINE .
THIS incredible shimmer of silver fish mirrors the image of that of an underwater tornado .