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.
THIS RING of fire in the sky is the annular solar eclipse that wowed our cousins down-under .
With the full moon looming behind him, this polar bear nestles down for the night .
INSIDE Britain's last Naval hospital where scurvy was cured looks like an NHS time capsule .
POWERFUL bolts of lightning illuminate the night sky in an incredible autumn storm over the Sardinian coastline .
These images of vintage cars, bikes and vans, pictured all over the world, could easily have come from a globetrotting petrol-head’s photo album .
A blanket of fog is lit up by the colourful glowing lights of the city below .
Fetching a tiny carrot and a head-shaped snowball, a red squirrel builds the perfect snowman .
The dog having been pulled from the car - A police officer smashed a window in the blue Chrysler car to free the dog which was in visible distress .
A photographer from the United Arab Emirates travelled to Pakistan where he captured the lives of local people in a series of expressive portraits .
USUALLY full to bursting, these London Underground stations stand silent and completely commuter free .
HUDDLING under a leaf, a pair of adorable Javan scops owls take shelter from the rain .