BRAIDED, sculpted and beaded, these are the eye-catching hairstyles worn by the tribal women of Angola. Bursting with colour, the unusual styles are the result of thousands of years of Angolan tradition. German banker and photographer Mario Gerth captured the images when he travelled to Angola in southern Africa. The 38-year-old, of Erfurt, Germany, says: “African hairstyles are ever-changing, yet deeply rooted in a shared past stemming from tribal traditions.
BEHIND the doors of this building, with its stacks of mattresses and discarded remains of wheelchairs, lies another victim of austerity cuts .
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HUNDREDS of colour coordinated yarns lie abandoned in this once thriving textile mill .
A fox takes a tumble and lands on his head when he tries to fend off a pair of eagles in Japan .
A hungry hippo is seconds away from catching a bird in its gigantic jaws .
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