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.
WELCOME to the Temple of Zoom where you can “experience” sliding down a Mayan temple into shark infested waters .
The beds are consumed by moss instead of customers at this abandoned hotel .
IN THE not so MISTY MOUNTAINS of Wiltshire, there lies an abandoned hobbit house .
PUSHING the diver out of his way, this little sea turtle shows he’s not in the mood for photographs .
STARING open-mouthed into the camera, this shocked fish looks out of place in the middle of its angry friends .
An Australian explorer has travelled the globe with a toy pig, known as Travel Piggy, in search of a missing cuddly companion .
AN OLD ENGLISH cottage packed full of history and valuables has been left to rot .
A soap bubble lands on the frosty ground and creates a shimmering snow globe as crystals form around it .
POPE MOBBED BY THOUSANDS OF WORSHIPPERS IN RIO - Thousands of worshippers gather to celebrate the Papal visit on Copacabana beach, Rio de Janeiro ,Brazil .
A mining town in Australia’s outback appears to be completely deserted, but its residents have escaped the scorching heat by living in underground caves .
A photographer has captured stunning photographs of the Milky Way above picturesque landscapes in the UK and Italy .
HEART-MELTING shots of a French bulldog and a ten-month-old French baby could be the cutest you’re likely to see .