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 rare manuscript of one of Charlotte Bronte’s earliest poems went under the hammer today and fetched nearly £100,000 – double what it was expected to get .
SAILING over crystal clear waters, the Bajau people of Malaysia live their lives almost entirely at SEA .
SPLASHING around in a paddling pool, this little elephant soaks up the sunshine .
THE THOUGHT OF BECOMING shipwrecked on a remote destination would fill most holidaymakers with dread .
ALL IS not as it seems in these deceptive cityscapes .
Leaping out of the ocean, a group of gentoo penguins fly through the air before landing safely on an iceberg .
A grey whale and her calf greet an audience of awestruck admirers on the Pacific coast of Baja California Sur, Mexico .
TRYING their best to wriggle away, three adorable tiger cubs receive their health checks at Chester Zoo .
LYING back in the snow, these two polar bears share a cuddle as they call time out on playtime .
With the vivid red smoke billowing into the sky amid the misty sand dunes, these are the blissful views provided at the break of dawn at a volcano .
