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.
At least three people have been killed and more than 100 injured, some seriously, in two explosions at the finish line of the Boston Marathon .
THIS is the shocking moment a clumsy radio newsreader plunged into a freezing canal while texting her boyfriend instead of looking where she was going .
This cheeky chappie is getting into all kinds of monkey business as he enjoys cooling off on a scorching hot day .
MEET the underwater British seal who is so friendly he loves to grapple divers like a friendly puppy dog .
Jostling their quills into the noses of some unlucky cubs, this is the moment two feisty porcupines ALMOST defeat a pride of seven lions .
A trout manages to escape the jaws of a hungry cormorant - only to find itself back inside the bird's long beak .
A little caterpillar fearlessly scampers down a branch and confronts a praying mantis .
RESTING his weary head on his flipper, this little seal pup takes a much needed nap after an afternoon of strenuous yoga .
A Romanian photographer has captured the unique patterns of hundreds of human eyes in a series of striking macro shots .
ARMED with her camera, bikini and flippers, this brave diver goes swimming with SHARKS .
THE CRAZE for mimicking the video game Streetfighter has spread to the streets of London .
