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.
Leaping out of the ocean, a group of gentoo penguins fly through the air before landing safely on an iceberg .
Playing, splashing and generally messing around, these polar bears show they certainly have a soft spot for the water, and not just each other .
HUDDLING under a leaf, a pair of adorable Javan scops owls take shelter from the rain .
A brave leopard kicks back and relaxes in the sunshine - just inches from an enormous crocodile .
A hypnotherapist filmed himself sexually abusing a 19-year-old patient while she was in a trance-like state .
A baby sperm whale assumed the role of a friendly giant when faced with two awestruck divers .
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 .
Staring death in the face, a little field mouse bravely confronts a hungry cat .
A once bustling gold rush town in Mono County, California now stands completed deserted .
With the vivid red smoke billowing into the sky amid the misty sand dunes, these are the blissful views provided at the break of dawn at a volcano .
