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.
SWIMMING in unison, millions of silverside fish dwarf the divers .
Pouncing down on top of his twin brother, these two snow leopard cubs practice their kung-fu moves .
Most people bend over backwards to keep children entertained, but this baboon show us how it’s done .
PERCHED on a branch, this Little Owl plays third wheel to two love birds .
An osprey soars through the air at 30 miles per hour before swooping down to catch its prey from a lake .
This may look like a monster car engine that will leave petrol heads in a spin, but it is in fact a rather snazzy looking COFFEE MACHINE .
With blue waves tumbling over them, these surfers glide underneath a tunnel of water .
MEET the little lion of suburbia with a mane that makes him look like a mini-king of the jungle .
Suspended FIFTY metres in the air, this is the last place that you would expect to find a fine dining experience .
COURAGEOUS CLIMBERS scale frozen waterfalls in Canada, as the ice threatens to collapse beneath them .
Going for long rides through vast fields together, this twosome share an unbreakable bond .
A cheeky owl fancies a game of hide and seek as it peeps out from behind a tree .