COVERING themselves in ash and face paint, these are the holy men who live their lives away from everyday society. Known as sadhus, they shun all home comforts for a life spent inside caves, forests and temples and can be found across India and Nepal. German banker and photographer Mario Gerth decided to find and photograph the sadhu people. The 38-year-old of Erfurt, Germany, says: “I have been obsessed with the sadhus for many years and set off in 2013 to look for them.
IN THE not so MISTY MOUNTAINS of Wiltshire, there lies an abandoned hobbit house .
A BIKINI swim with jellyfish sounds like the most painful past-time on the planet .
A fox takes a tumble and lands on his head when he tries to fend off a pair of eagles in Japan .
UNDERWATER and above-water seaside shots show the best of British beach-life .
With luminous colours and alien- like features, these magical mushrooms look like they belong on another planet .
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A soap bubble lands on the frosty ground and creates a shimmering snow globe as crystals form around it .
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WITH SNOW COVERING the ground around them, these two polar bears play fight .