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.
THESE kingfishers prove no rod is needed as they go fishing for their dinner .
COULD this be the most distastrous wedding cake fail EVER? Most brides opt for a traditional tiered white wedding cake decorated with delicate pink roses and lace for their big day .
BALANCING 30 metres above ground, these slackliners take the expression of living dangerously one step further, by tightrope walking NAKED .
These photographs of extreme weather capture storms furiously rolling across the sky above America .
HOPPING onto the scales, these adorable baby Humboldt penguins are ready for their first weigh-in .
A Romanian photographer has captured the unique patterns of hundreds of human eyes in a series of striking macro shots .
WITH HIS PAW covering his mouth, this cheeky cub looks amused by something .
LIKE SUPERMAN carrying a slimy Lois Lane through the air this frog is treating its mate to a flying lesson .
Kevin Silva, 52 from Indiana in the USA, has spent an estimated £65K ($100K) on Batman trinkets over the years, and even keeps his 2,500-item haul in his very own basement 'Bat Cave' .
A proud gorilla mum welcomes her newborn baby western lowland gorilla, a critically endangered species .
VIBRANT bursts of colour fill the screen as beautiful flowers blossom in these time-lapse videos .
THROWING himself off 1,100ft bridges in a wheelchair, this is the PARALYSED base jumper who knows no fear .