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.
SHOVELLING food into his mouth, this hungry gorilla enjoys a peaceful moment at dinner time .
The beds are consumed by moss instead of customers at this abandoned hotel .
A trout manages to escape the jaws of a hungry cormorant - only to find itself back inside the bird's long beak .
SOME OF the sea’s most terrifying creatures show their softer side as they join a group of diners for lunch .
This frozen lighthouse in Michigan could easily be mistaken for a still from the snow swept disaster movie The Day After Tomorrow .
BASKING in smug satisfaction, a confident squirrel gives a wink to the camera .
A Canadian couple celebrated their engagement by recreating iconic moments from the film The Notebook .
A project to create an underwater tribute to the stone Moai statues of Easter Island ended in disaster when 15 replica structures were destroyed after toppling from a boat and into the sea .
THE UK’S STRONGEST SCHOOLGIRL attributes her success to the bendy-body condition that once left her body wracked in pain .
This hungry white tiger has just one thing on her mind - to taste fresh meat .
The lighthouses of Brittany, from Brest to Le Conquet, stand tall on France’s north-western coast against stunning scenery .