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.
STARING intently into the camera, a polar bear appears to be lost in thought while relaxing in the snow .
BEHIND the doors of this building, with its stacks of mattresses and discarded remains of wheelchairs, lies another victim of austerity cuts .
Balanced on one leg, a frog assumes the crane kick martial arts stance made famous in the movie The Karate Kid .
EAGERLY BITING his nails, this little squirrel is clearly nervous of looming predators as he searches for his meal .
SPURTING water 20ft into the air, this is one well you wouldn't want to dip your bucket into .
A PENSIONER was left with a fractured jaw after being beaten and robbed outside his home in Birmingham last weekend .
BOXING DAY has come early for this pair of feisty squirrels, as their Christmas party quickly turns sour .
USUALLY full to bursting, these London Underground stations stand silent and completely commuter free .
SHOVELLING food into his mouth, this hungry gorilla enjoys a peaceful moment at dinner time .
A grey whale and her calf greet an audience of awestruck admirers on the Pacific coast of Baja California Sur, Mexico .
