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.
STARING intently into the camera, a polar bear appears to be lost in thought while relaxing in the snow .
AN American accountant has grown the world's biggest MELON and smashed his way into the record books with his mammoth 350 .
SURROUNDED by a snowstorm, these young polar bears battle the elements - as well as each other .
THIS is the fascinating abandoned house, complete with mystery portraits and homely items, that has been dubbed - crooked cottage .
A chipmunk, with his cheeks full to bursting, has no intention of leaving with an empty stomach .
Suspended FIFTY metres in the air, this is the last place that you would expect to find a fine dining experience .
A SPECTACULAR array of stars fills the night sky as they soar over this active volcano .
A fox takes a tumble and lands on his head when he tries to fend off a pair of eagles in Japan .
With an abandoned tricycle sitting in an empty corridor, this derelict but once grand mansion could be the setting for The Shining .
STARING eagerly into the camera, this little toad is full of curiosity .
SOARING at 112 miles per hour through the air, this petite blonde certainly lives up to her title as the fastest flying woman in the world .
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