Snapshots from Ethiopia's Simien mountains and beyond

On a recent deployment to northern Ethiopia, BBC cameraman Amensisa Ifa captured a number of striking images in the Simien mountains and near the storied city of Gondar.

Among his favourites is this historic crown for priests in Deresege's St Mary Church.

He also spotted several Walia Ibex - "there are only a few hundred left of this endangered species who've suffered the effects of poaching and habitat depletion", he explains.

Amensisa also met and photographed 75-year-old Mechene Tigabu in Deresege. Here he is in front of the local church.

Meanwhile this Unesco-protected 17th Century fortress in Gondar, known as the Fasil Ghebbi, gets its name from King Fasiledes who once called it home.

This article originally appeared on BBC News

Photo: Amensisa Ifa/BBC