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.
Amanda Bohm, 22, and her mum, Janet, 58, were the best of friends .
An adorable baby girl was born with a heart-shaped birthmark on her forehead - after being conceived on Valentine's Day .
A woman who left a fellow nightclubber needing plastic surgery after savagely biting her on the hand because she was hungry, has been spared prison .
COULD this £5,000 auction of Paul McCartney’s Liverpool front door be the most bizarre celebrity sale yet? The door, which looks-like it may have been knocked – and possibly kicked – very hard during its past, was used by members of Britain’s most famous band to visit lead-singer Paul McCartney when he lived at the address from 1955 to 1964 .
CLIMBING, falling and tugging on his weary mum, this little orangutan is up to all kinds of trouble .
A woman has been left scarred for life after a botched eye lift burnt her eyelids .
IN THE not so MISTY MOUNTAINS of Wiltshire, there lies an abandoned hobbit house .
EAGERLY BITING his nails, this little squirrel is clearly nervous of looming predators as he searches for his meal .
A Canadian woman who is obsessed with all things mythical has had her ears cut and shaped to look like an ELF .
A US firefighter has battled osteoarthritis and four hip replacements to break the world paddleboarding record .
FLOATING effortlessly on his back, this little otter laps up a rare glimmer of English spring sunshine .
An adorable little squirrel wakes from a nap and pops out his tongue for the camera .