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.
LIKE SUPERMAN carrying a slimy Lois Lane through the air this frog is treating its mate to a flying lesson .
FIFTEEEN years after it was closed pictures by a British teacher show the calamity Hong Kong airport that was closed for being too dangerous .
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 .
Pic By HotSpot Media - PARROT RIDES ON THE TUBE - THIS pretty boy could be forgiven for forgetting his Oyst-aaarrrgh-card .
PERCHED on a branch, these two frogs hold hands as they look into the camera .
These are the faces of orphans suffering from the horrifying effects of chemical warfare .
TRYING their best to wriggle away, three adorable tiger cubs receive their health checks at Chester Zoo .
An American black bear mimics John Travolta’s famous Saturday Night Fever dance move by hurling its arm in the air .
SAILING over crystal clear waters, the Bajau people of Malaysia live their lives almost entirely at SEA .
A brave praying mantis makes an unusual friend in an Oriental garden lizard .
AT first glance these images could easily be mistaken for photographs, but they are in-fact real life drawings created using nothing but coloured pencils .