VENTURING into the ocean with self-made spears and nets, the fishermen of Zanzibar put their lives on the line when they catch food for their families. The residents of the small island, located in the Indian Ocean off the coast of Tanzania, wade into danger when they travel an hour out to sea and into rough waves - in tiny man-made boats. Photographer Mario Gerth spent two weeks with the fishermen of four different villages, named Padje, Nungwi, StoneTown, and Matemwe. The 38-year-old, of Erfurt, Germany, witnessed the daily hardship the locals endure to provide for their families by catching catfish, shark and tuna.
The aurora lights captured in Blair Nebraska, America - WITH electrifying purple and illuminous green brightening up the night sky, this is the rare moment a flash of 'sprite' lightening was captured on camera .
THIS DANGER-mad female pensioner could be the oldest Brit to cage dive with CROCODILES .
A trout manages to escape the jaws of a hungry cormorant - only to find itself back inside the bird's long beak .
A pair of adorable polar bear cubs play-fight with each other in the Alaskan snow .
FLEXING his muscles and staring straight at his opponent, this bodybuilding squirrel is the nuts .
THIS is the EXPLOSIVE moment when a 50 metre high pylon came crashing down to earth in a rural field .
SWIMMING next to 40 tonne whales, dare-devil divers take the plunge with these gentle giants of the sea .
LOCATIONS bursting with vibrant greens and chestnut browns, these photographs capture the peaceful English countryside in all its glory .
A photographer from the United Arab Emirates travelled to Pakistan where he captured the lives of local people in a series of expressive portraits .
A man who conned tax officials out of £34 million and funded a lavish lifestyle of luxury hotels and restaurants has been jailed for one of the longest sentences in British criminal fraud history .
THIS LITTLE squirrel tries to keep himself snug as snow starts to fall around him .
FLOATING effortlessly on his back, this little otter laps up a rare glimmer of English spring sunshine .