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.
THIS RING of fire in the sky is the annular solar eclipse that wowed our cousins down-under .
STRIKING photos capture nature at its most raw and powerful during Earth’s most electrifying event .
WITH his spiked ears and yellow and blue body, a colourful monkey bears an uncanny resemblance to Marvel Comics’ Wolverine .
Throwing their arms up in the air, these energetic squirrels play a game of ball with a walnut .
Ever wished you could live in a house just like Barbie's? Canadian sculptor Heather Benning has created the life-size dollhouse of her dreams out a derelict building .
A US firefighter has battled osteoarthritis and four hip replacements to break the world paddleboarding record .
A frilled lizard appears to be belting out a tune as it sits in a tree with its mouth open wide .
SOME OF the sea’s most terrifying creatures show their softer side as they join a group of diners for lunch .
A Birmingham man inspired by sci-fi film Wall-E, has created a one- wheeled vehicle, controlled by signals from his BRAIN .
TOWERING 65 metres into the sky, this terrifying accent is a dream for climbers .
SOARING through the air, a hungry white-tailed kite prepares to snatch a vole from his mother’s claws .
SWIMMING slowly towards the shore, a small group of bottlenose dolphins arrive for breakfast at a beach in Western Australia .