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.
Sitting all alone on drift ice in the Arctic Ocean, this lonely little fella looks lost .
A BLIND man was battered with a brick in a sickening attack by two thugs .
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 .
From vivid greens to glowing pinks, the colours of the aurora borealis fill the night sky above a snow covered Lapland .
These adorable pictures show the moment two cuddly red panda cubs take their first look at the outside world and are weighed for the very first time .
Some will get up close and personal with Mother Nature’s deadliest animals to get the perfect shot, posing the question, what lengths will a photographer go to for that all important picture? But in this case, the question should be what depths .
THIS BIGFOOT 'Jesus bird' may look silly, but he's perfectly designed for walking on water .
BASKING in smug satisfaction, a confident squirrel gives a wink to the camera .
STEPFORD wives from the 1950's and 60's are performing history's most sexist exercise programme .
A lazy otter finds the ideal spot to soak up the sun and sleep off his lunch .
A NINJA red squirrel cuts a dashing figure as the little fella jumps up to ten-feet between treetops in the Yorkshire Dales .
A little clownfish opens its mouth to reveal a blood sucking intruder living on its tongue .