In pictures... The Hyena People of Ethiopia

The Bodi people live in Ethiopia’s South Omo Valley - Bodi spiritual leader Baradhi here with his daughter Choma.

Bodi girls Choma (L) and her sister wearing red ochre for a dance.

Bodi boy from Ethiopia’s South Omo Valley, where white clay is used for decoration and to cleanse and ward away disease.

An adult hyena roams a graveyard in Harar.

Gordon with Yusef Saleh, from Harar, whose family have been part of a tradition of living alongside hyenas which stretches back centuries.

Gordon with an adult hyena in Harar, a city famed for its tolerance of this fearsome predator.

Gordon with Bodi woman Bibani and an orphaned kudu in Ethiopia’s South Omo valley.

Gordon with hyenas in the graveyard in Harar – spotted hyenas have special teeth adapted for crunching bones.

Gordon with Bodi spiritual leader Baradhi and daughter Choma, laughing about whether hyenas are beautiful.

Bodi herdsmen set traps for hyenas using a Kalashnikov automatic rifle as payback for cattle taken by hyenas.