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.
Pic By Graham Gibson/ HotSpot Media - SHARK HYPNOTIST BALANCES SHARK IN PALM OF HIS HAND- In Pic - Diver Tom and Caribbean reef sharks in the Bahamas- A SHARK hypnotist balances these predators in the palm of his hand by sending them to sleep with a gentle nose rub .
ARMED with her camera, bikini and flippers, this brave diver goes swimming with SHARKS .
A German photographer travelled around Africa where he met and photographed members of tribes in a series of intimate portraits .
An Indonesian farmer is dragged through muddy water as he clings to the tails of two charging cows .
A BROWN bear wades through waters in Alaska and waits for his lunch .
A man who conned tax officials out of £34 million and funded a lavish lifestyle of luxury hotels and restaurants has been jailed for one of the longest sentences in British criminal fraud history .
A BRITISH couple are the first to tie the knot inside an enormous GLACIER in Iceland .
This may look like a monster car engine that will leave petrol heads in a spin, but it is in fact a rather snazzy looking COFFEE MACHINE .
THESE LOVE BIRDS can’t keep their beaks off each other as they share a very public display of affection .
SURROUNDED by a snowstorm, these young polar bears battle the elements - as well as each other .
