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.
LYING flat out on his back, this little meerkat makes the most of the English sunshine .
If you had to scrape the snow off your car this morning or slip-slide your way into work over icy pavements spare a thought for these little critters .
Pic By HotSpot Media - PARROT RIDES ON THE TUBE - THIS pretty boy could be forgiven for forgetting his Oyst-aaarrrgh-card .
DIPPING and diving their way through this bumpy journey, these giraffe's duck for cover as they dodge multiple cables and wires .
STARING intently into the camera, a polar bear appears to be lost in thought while relaxing in the snow .
FROM THE world famous Girl with a Pearl Earring painting to a jaguar in the grass, these incredible drawings are created from coloured ballpoint pens .
WITH STUNNING colours and serene scenes, these photographs capture the otherworldly beauty of the English coast .
A Romanian photographer has captured the unique patterns of hundreds of human eyes in a series of striking macro shots .
A cheeky owl fancies a game of hide and seek as it peeps out from behind a tree .
These are the amazing close up pictures of North Korea's mass games - after photographers were previously banned from taking shots so close to the dazzling formation dances .
Scurrying along the branch of a tree, a little squirrel pushes a pram packed full of Easter treats .
The claws come out at meal time as a group of white tailed eagles brawl over road-kill .