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 pair of chicks bravely decided to befriend a python, despite being the snake's favourite choice of food .
With a dust covered coat hung from a wardrobe door and a pair of glasses left on a shelf, a remote farmhouse lies abandoned in the Welsh countryside .
THEIR gnarling teeth at the ready, these two baboons fight it out for the last piece of fruit .
A pair of snarling foxes go paw-to-paw and brawl after unexpectedly crossing paths .
With the full moon looming behind him, this polar bear nestles down for the night .
A trout manages to escape the jaws of a hungry cormorant - only to find itself back inside the bird's long beak .
A diver looks like a minnow as she swims alongside a gigantic whale shark, the largest species of fish on the planet .
WELCOME to the 125 decibel boombox bus that could damage your hearing if you party too close to its giant speakers .
As sunlight cascades through its vibrant stained glass windows, every inch of the Nasir-ol-Mulk Mosque bursts with colour .
Beautiful turquoise waves rise and fall in a series of stunning images taken along the coastline of south-eastern Australia .
STRIKING photos capture nature at its most raw and powerful during Earth’s most electrifying event .
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 .