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.
FROM motorcycling to department store shopping these spookily faceless people are part of the Chinese-fad for wearing protective solar-visors in public .
A lazy tree frog, tired of hopping along a branch, chooses the slowest form of transport when it jumps on top of an unsuspecting snail .
VIBRANT bursts of colour fill the screen as beautiful flowers blossom in these time-lapse videos .
A ROAD KILL munching Scot has chewed on everything from a dead squirrel to an unlucky crow – all in the name of art .
A chipmunk, with his cheeks full to bursting, has no intention of leaving with an empty stomach .
With their guts spewing and eyes hanging out, these are the cuddly toys children might be reluctant to curl up to .
FLYING through the air, these delighted pooches pull their best poses mid-flight .
INSIDE Britain's last Naval hospital where scurvy was cured looks like an NHS time capsule .
It's incredible to think anyone could live in such horrendous squalor - yet two men have been prosecuted for keeping their homes in such revolting conditions that it was no longer fit for their animals .
A pair of BEAUTIFUL rescue sea turtles spot their catch in the waters of the Great Barrier Reef .
WITHOUT A care in the world, this little snow monkey puts his feet up and settles in for a snooze .
CLINGING onto nothing but ice, this brave climber reaches heights of 1000 FEET as he scales frozen solid waterfalls .