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.
A chipmunk, with his cheeks full to bursting, has no intention of leaving with an empty stomach .
SWIMMING slowly towards the shore, a small group of bottlenose dolphins arrive for breakfast at a beach in Western Australia .
A group of otters put on a show of aqua aerobics, as they raise their flippers perfectly in sync .
BOXING DAY has come early for this pair of feisty squirrels, as their Christmas party quickly turns sour .
THIS is the incredible moment a pelican throws a fish into the air and SLAM DUNKS it into its enormous throat sack .
A SERENE turquoise glow glimmers from underneath these powerful icebergs .
SWIMMING in unison, millions of silverside fish dwarf the divers .
At least three people have been killed and more than 100 injured, some seriously, in two explosions at the finish line of the Boston Marathon .
A BLIND man was battered with a brick in a sickening attack by two thugs .
The claws come out at meal time as a group of white tailed eagles brawl over road-kill .