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.
MOUTH OPEN wide, this little stoat appears to be in mid-song as he belts out a tune for his onlookers .
SWIMMING in unison, millions of silverside fish dwarf the divers .
A BAMBI was dramatically caught in mid-air by a greedy Nile crocodile in a once-in-a-million flying pincer move .
These are the faces of orphans suffering from the horrifying effects of chemical warfare .
An Australian explorer has travelled the globe with a toy pig, known as Travel Piggy, in search of a missing cuddly companion .
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 .
CAMPED out in the middle of a forest, these unusual hut hotels take you back to basics .
A lazy tree frog, tired of hopping along a branch, chooses the slowest form of transport when it jumps on top of an unsuspecting snail .
Leaping out of the ocean, a group of gentoo penguins fly through the air before landing safely on an iceberg .
An adorable little squirrel wakes from a nap and pops out his tongue for the camera .
AT 4,800 metres high and just three metres wide, this is the most dangerous road in the world .