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 brave leopard kicks back and relaxes in the sunshine - just inches from an enormous crocodile .
FEAST your eyes on the £500K coin-covered Range Rover that could be the world’s most blinged-out car .
From squids to Star Wars, these flipping marvellous creations are pancake portraits .
IN a galaxy far, far away, this collection of stunning interstellar formations will leave you STARSTRUCK .
AN Irish woman has become the first adult in the world to receive a revolutionary REMOTE CONTROLLED 'ROBO SPINE', which uses magnets to combat the effects of scoliosis .
TRYING their best to wriggle away, three adorable tiger cubs receive their health checks at Chester Zoo .
A little brown bear cub shows his doting mum that she is always on parent duty as he uses her as a scratching post .
An Italian photographer travelled to northern India where he visited poverty stricken suburbs and captured ordinary people in a series of intimate and expressive portraits .
THE CRAZE for mimicking the video game Streetfighter has spread to the streets of London .
NEVER mind being careful not to choke on your food, this mother bird has a bigger challenge on her hands, as her ravenous offspring impatiently launches its head down into her stomach .
A woman was diagnosed with cancer after a cyst left her so bloated medics were convinced she was pregnant .