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.
MOUTH OPEN wide, this little stoat appears to be in mid-song as he belts out a tune for his onlookers .
SNEAKING slowly into the water, this Bengal tiger plans a vicious attack on three unsuspecting deer .
FORGET Thorpe Park this summer as this is a 50 mile-per-hour ride over the Colorado River CANYON .
Raising his arms above his head and lying flat on his back, a polar bear stretches as he sprawls out across the ice .
A makeup artist from the West Midlands magically transforms herself into famous cartoon characters using body paint .
Blonde teen Jess Stubbs has certainly got girl power - as Britain’s youngest TRUCKER .
SWIMMING slowly towards the shore, a small group of bottlenose dolphins arrive for breakfast at a beach in Western Australia .
Sam Notaro built his own flood defences to protect his four-bedroom home in Moorland, Somerset Flooding is likely to get worse around Somerset as groundwater levels continue to rise .
A doting seal smiles at her sweet little pup as she tickles its tummy on the beach .
LOCATIONS bursting with vibrant greens and chestnut browns, these photographs capture the peaceful English countryside in all its glory .
SITTING in the middle of a vast desert, an abandoned cinema is still waiting for its first movie to be screened .
Daniel Blore, 21, of Innage Crescent, Bridgnorth, stabbed his mother three times in the attack on January 11 this year, Stafford Crown Court heard .