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 COUNCIL has come under fire for slapping fines on people’s GRAVESTONES for breaching petty regulations on pot plants .
YOU’VE heard of the northern lights now feast your eyes on the natural wonder of the SOUTHERN lights .
A KITTEN'S teaparty and rat's playing dominoes are the bizarre creations by one of Britain's great eccentrics pictured in an incredible new book .
FIFTEEEN years after it was closed pictures by a British teacher show the calamity Hong Kong airport that was closed for being too dangerous .
BOXING DAY has come early for this pair of feisty squirrels, as their Christmas party quickly turns sour .
A cheeky chipmunk offers some of his spare food, before deciding against the idea and shoving the extra peanut into his already crammed mouth .
THIS is the fascinating abandoned house, complete with mystery portraits and homely items, that has been dubbed - crooked cottage .
A brave praying mantis makes an unusual friend in an Oriental garden lizard .
A photographer has captured spellbinding images of stars swirling above the English countryside .
A trout manages to escape the jaws of a hungry cormorant - only to find itself back inside the bird's long beak .
This is the moment a nimble red fox and a lumbering Alaskan brown bear were locked in a tense stand-off .
At least three people have been killed and more than 100 injured, some seriously, in two explosions at the finish line of the Boston Marathon .