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.
THIS DANGER-mad female pensioner could be the oldest Brit to cage dive with CROCODILES .
SNOWBOARDING in your £2,000 wedding dress sounds like a nightmare for most brides .
Exploding out of the water, a great white shark performs a backflip during a hunt for seals .
BALANCING on top of a tree, this bear cub puts her climbing skills to the test .
An Italian photographer travelled to the highlands of New Guinea where he met an Indonesian tribe untouched by the modern world .
A brave praying mantis makes an unusual friend in an Oriental garden lizard .
PAWS for thought as you feast your eyes on this rare bear bathing session .
THIS astonishing film shows the moment a hit-and-run driver ploughed into a woman and a toddler on a Coventry street .
THIS RING of fire in the sky is the annular solar eclipse that wowed our cousins down-under .
FLYING through the air, these delighted pooches pull their best poses mid-flight .
WITH A LITTLE cap of fresh snow resting on his head, this squirrel tries his best to pull off his new look .