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.
BLOWING bubbles underwater, this adorable polar bear slides into his tank for a playful dip .
LINED up one by one on a deer’s back, these little birds give their wings a break as they catch a ride across London .
This longhorn beetle demon-strates a dark side as it looks just like the devil .
SURROUNDED by a snowstorm, these young polar bears battle the elements - as well as each other .
A rare manuscript of one of Charlotte Bronte’s earliest poems went under the hammer today and fetched nearly £100,000 – double what it was expected to get .
A German photographer travelled around Africa where he met and photographed members of tribes in a series of intimate portraits .
A BAMBI was dramatically caught in mid-air by a greedy Nile crocodile in a once-in-a-million flying pincer move .
DIPPING his head into the vase of water, this little squirrel takes a refreshing break from an afternoon of eating .
CLIMBING, falling and tugging on his weary mum, this little orangutan is up to all kinds of trouble .
THE THOUGHT OF BECOMING shipwrecked on a remote destination would fill most holidaymakers with dread .
