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.
The beds are consumed by moss instead of customers at this abandoned hotel .
THIS alien-like bug would look more at home in outer-space but it can actually be found wriggling around here on Earth .
Leaping out of the ocean, a group of gentoo penguins fly through the air before landing safely on an iceberg .
SQUABBLING over the last piece of grain, these hungry squirrels are determined to stock up on as much food as possible .
Sam Notaro built his own flood defences to protect his four-bedroom home in Moorland, Somerset Flooding is likely to get worse around Somerset as groundwater levels continue to rise .
WITHOUT A care in the world, this little snow monkey puts his feet up and settles in for a snooze .
They say breakfast is the most important meal of the day and for this greedy camel he can't get enough of his morning feed, as he gate crashes his owner's mealtime .
LIFTING their heads high and bumping beaks, these aggressive pelicans clash over fish .
IN a galaxy far, far away, this collection of stunning interstellar formations will leave you STARSTRUCK .
A makeup artist from the West Midlands magically transforms herself into famous cartoon characters using body paint .
A NINJA red squirrel cuts a dashing figure as the little fella jumps up to ten-feet between treetops in the Yorkshire Dales .
