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.
WITH his spiked ears and yellow and blue body, a colourful monkey bears an uncanny resemblance to Marvel Comics’ Wolverine .
Staring death in the face, a little field mouse bravely confronts a hungry cat .
HIDDEN in the middle of the Mojave Desert, a secret oasis awaits intrepid travellers .
A diver looks like a minnow as she swims alongside a gigantic whale shark, the largest species of fish on the planet .
A hypnotherapist filmed himself sexually abusing a 19-year-old patient while she was in a trance-like state .
A project to create an underwater tribute to the stone Moai statues of Easter Island ended in disaster when 15 replica structures were destroyed after toppling from a boat and into the sea .
HUDDLED together in the hollow of a tree, it would be easy to overlook these two sleepy owls as they blend into the trunk .
ESCAPING A LANDFILL FUTURE, these amazing science fiction inspired sculptures are made from everyday objects .
A fox takes a tumble and lands on his head when he tries to fend off a pair of eagles in Japan .
THIS is the EXPLOSIVE moment when a 50 metre high pylon came crashing down to earth in a rural field .
CAUSING a splash, this determined kingfisher goes hunting for dinner .