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.
An Italian photographer travelled to northern India where he visited poverty stricken suburbs and captured ordinary people in a series of intimate and expressive portraits .
LUMINOUS green rocks could easily be a beach from Superman's homeland of Krypton .
The beds are consumed by moss instead of customers at this abandoned hotel .
FLOATING effortlessly on his back, this little otter laps up a rare glimmer of English spring sunshine .
IN a galaxy not so far away lies a magical display of lights that could be the latest image from NASA .
Primed and ready for action, this collection of striking images from the battlefield could be mistaken for authentic photos taking during World War II .
Scurrying along the branch of a tree, a little squirrel pushes a pram packed full of Easter treats .
A lazy otter finds the ideal spot to soak up the sun and sleep off his lunch .
With their guts spewing and eyes hanging out, these are the cuddly toys children might be reluctant to curl up to .
Struggling home entertainment chain Blockbuster has been slammed for advertising its workers' jobs while they are still in them in order to scare them into working harder .
An artist has transformed traditional Thanksgiving dinners into mini-masterpieces .
A cheeky owl fancies a game of hide and seek as it peeps out from behind a tree .