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.
A skydiver cheated death after plunging 13,000 feet without his parachute opening but survived after landing in a bog .
AN expectant mum suffered crippling contractions lasting a gruelling two months, due to complications from a rare condition .
A retired foster carer has spent a whopping £48k on her brood of lifelike dolls .
HOTSPOT MEDIA - LETHAL BIRTHMARK NEARLY SUFFOCATES GIRL: Zoe Mitchell when she was two-weeks-old .
It’s a role reversal in the Visayan Sea as HUNDREDS of tiny, glistening eggs are carried around inside the mouth of their cardinalfish father .
Sunny Saap, 27, from Columbia, Missouri, United States, enjoys life with her two boyfriends .
BURSTING colours of reds, pinks and purples give the illusion of a collection of stunning flowers .
MESMERIZING night sky photographs offer a spellbinding look at the stars .
An adorable rescue dog who had her eyes gouged out by thugs in Romania has found a loving home in the UK .
Meet the Victorian gentleman who could not face sitting next to smelly commuters on the bus - so he dodges danger to go to work on a penny farthing .
TOMORROW (Saturday) marks the 28th anniversary of the nuclear disaster that left the city of Chernobyl devastated .
NEW DELHI, A woman activist of India's main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party crosses a police barricade near the residence of ruling Congress party chief Sonia Gandhi during a protest against the recent rape of a five-year-old girl in New Delhi, India, April 21, 2013 .