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.
A man who conned tax officials out of £34 million and funded a lavish lifestyle of luxury hotels and restaurants has been jailed for one of the longest sentences in British criminal fraud history .
A family of foster carers are facing bankruptcy and homelessness after they signed up to a Government scheme to renovate their house to be used for disabled children's short breaks .
A trio of ants are locked in a tug of war over a fly as they pull the bug by its legs .
HUDDLING under a leaf, a pair of adorable Javan scops owls take shelter from the rain .
UNDERWATER and above-water seaside shots show the best of British beach-life .
A chipmunk, with his cheeks full to bursting, has no intention of leaving with an empty stomach .
Soldiers standing guard outside the Woolwich barracks in London - Two terror suspects are under armed guard in separate hospitals in London after a serving soldier was hacked to death in the street .
IN THE not so MISTY MOUNTAINS of Wiltshire, there lies an abandoned hobbit house .
SEA LIFE and greenery in one shot show nature at its very best .
A DETERMINED great blue heron holds on tightly to its prey as the furry gopher attempts to wriggle free .