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.
A pair of snarling foxes go paw-to-paw and brawl after unexpectedly crossing paths .
The beds are consumed by moss instead of customers at this abandoned hotel .
This brave Hyena finally catches his pray among the thousands of flamingos, Lake Nakuru, Kenya - OUTNUMBERED among thousands of flamingos, this bold hyena is not put off from hunting for a morning snack .
With the vivid red smoke billowing into the sky amid the misty sand dunes, these are the blissful views provided at the break of dawn at a volcano .
An Italian photographer travelled to Chile where he visited several star-gazing sites, home to some of the world's most advanced telescopes, located in the spectacular setting of the Atacama desert .
A trout manages to escape the jaws of a hungry cormorant - only to find itself back inside the bird's long beak .
Pouncing down on top of his twin brother, these two snow leopard cubs practice their kung-fu moves .
A BLIND man was battered with a brick in a sickening attack by two thugs .
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These are the amazing close up pictures of North Korea's mass games - after photographers were previously banned from taking shots so close to the dazzling formation dances .
With luminous colours and alien- like features, these magical mushrooms look like they belong on another planet .