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 Little owl looks down the lens of a camera and gives the photographer a cheeky wink .
This may look like a monster car engine that will leave petrol heads in a spin, but it is in fact a rather snazzy looking COFFEE MACHINE .
An Italian photographer travelled to Chile where he visited several star-gazing sites, home to some of the world's most advanced telescopes, located in the spectacular setting of the Atacama desert .
This hungry white tiger has just one thing on her mind - to taste fresh meat .
A Romanian photographer has captured the unique patterns of hundreds of human eyes in a series of striking macro shots .
THE CRAZE for mimicking the video game Streetfighter has spread to the streets of London .
LYING flat out on his back, this little meerkat makes the most of the English sunshine .
WITH the phosphorescent blobs and mesmerising patterns, these spectacular images may look like the hall marks of an enchanted forest but it is in fact the scene of thousands of dancing FIREFLIES .
An Italian photographer travelled to the highlands of New Guinea where he met an Indonesian tribe untouched by the modern world .
PUCKERING up and enjoying some quality time, these are the most lovable monkeys on the planet .
A grand 56-bedroom hotel, once heaving with injured soldiers during the First World War, now lies completely abandoned .