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.
DIVING down at a speed of 75mph, this is the moment a hungry osprey caught his prey .
FLOATING effortlessly on his back, this little otter laps up a rare glimmer of English spring sunshine .
Gigantic 100ft waves create the perfect playground for dare-devil surfers from across the world .
DIVING boffins fired harpoons into 30-foot-long whale sharks in a bid to put the sea-beasts on Google Maps .
MEET the underwater British seal who is so friendly he loves to grapple divers like a friendly puppy dog .
Megan Brailsford, 32, from Cambridgeshire, met Daniel Dugdale, 29, in September 2020 .
POPE MOBBED BY THOUSANDS OF WORSHIPPERS IN RIO - Thousands of worshippers gather to celebrate the Papal visit on Copacabana beach, Rio de Janeiro ,Brazil .
HIDDEN in the middle of the Mojave Desert, a secret oasis awaits intrepid travellers .
THIS RING of fire in the sky is the annular solar eclipse that wowed our cousins down-under .
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 .