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.
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THESE LOVE BIRDS can’t keep their beaks off each other as they share a very public display of affection .
ALL IS not as it seems in these deceptive cityscapes .
POWERFUL bolts of lightning illuminate the night sky in an incredible autumn storm over the Sardinian coastline .
A frilled lizard appears to be belting out a tune as it sits in a tree with its mouth open wide .
STARING open-mouthed into the camera, this shocked fish looks out of place in the middle of its angry friends .
DINING under the stars, this restaurant takes you back in time - inside an ancient cave .
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DIVING boffins fired harpoons into 30-foot-long whale sharks in a bid to put the sea-beasts on Google Maps .