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.
An adorable black bear cub struggles to find the perfect spot for an afternoon nap as he wriggles around on the branch of a maple tree .
An elegant snowy owl spreads her wings and glides effortlessly above the snow covered field .
THE THOUGHT OF BECOMING shipwrecked on a remote destination would fill most holidaymakers with dread .
NEW DELHI, A woman activist of India's main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party crosses a police barricade near the residence of ruling Congress party chief Sonia Gandhi during a protest against the recent rape of a five-year-old girl in New Delhi, India, April 21, 2013 .
SWIMMING in unison, millions of silverside fish dwarf the divers .
Raising his arms above his head and lying flat on his back, a polar bear stretches as he sprawls out across the ice .
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 .
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Hot on the heels of a little rabbit, this cheetah is on a mission to catch his prey .
A young otter wades through a lake with his eyes set on an older rival’s fish .
A baby sperm whale assumed the role of a friendly giant when faced with two awestruck divers .