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.
SOARING through the air, a hungry white-tailed kite prepares to snatch a vole from his mother’s claws .
FROM MRS Patmore to Lady Sybil, these barking mad illustrations show the WOOF-er side of some of our most loved Downton characters .
Meet mother of four, Jackie Wright, whose bizarre fear means she is terrified of HOLES .
A woman has revealed how she almost died after she developed sepsis from a cold .
Dogs catch waves at the Coronado Bay dog surf championships Saturday 22nd June 2013- DOG SURFING mutts have never looked so gnarly .
These beautiful photographs show how these playful pods of dolphins make their own fun by gliding, flipping and spinning through the air whilst enjoying the sun on their backs .
DIVING boffins fired harpoons into 30-foot-long whale sharks in a bid to put the sea-beasts on Google Maps .
Britons have finally received some good news about the weather with temperatures expected to reach 30 degrees this weekend .
A Little owl looks down the lens of a camera and gives the photographer a cheeky wink .
MAKING himself at home, this little snail perches happily on top of this frog's head .
The UK's first hotline - and possibly the galaxy's - for people who have been targeted by aliens has opened to the public .