Andrew Newey, an award-winning UK-based travel photographer, has captured gripping photographs of central Nepalese Gurung tribe members engaged in a dangerous and ancient tradition – honey hunting.

People walk during a polluted day in Shenyang, Liaoning province, March 31, 2016. (Photo by Reuters/Stringer)

A police officer stands guard out of a venue where farmer leaders meet with government representatives in New Delhi, India, December 5, 2020. (Photo by Adnan Abidi/Reuters)

A Naga Sadhu or Hindu holy man adjusts the beads around his neck ahead of the first Shahi Snan at “Kumbh Mela” or the Pitcher Festival, in Haridwar, India, March 10, 2021. (Photo by Anushree Fadnavis/Reuters)

Commuters watch after their train was blocked by leftist activists at a railway station during a nationwide general strike against the policies of the central government in Kolkata on March 28, 2022. (Photo by Dibyangshu Sarkar/AFP Photo)

Vendors wait for customers at a wholesale vegetable market in Dhaka on September 4, 2022. (Photo by Munir Uz Zaman/AFP Photo)

Models prepare backstage ahead of the Strateas.Carlucci show at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Australia 2015 at Carriageworks on April 13, 2015 in Sydney, Australia. (Photo by Ryan Pierse/Getty Images)

Lukas Irmler balances on a 800 meter long highline 200 meters above Segnesboden, on Friday, June 28, 2019, in Flims, Switzerland. The highline is Switzerland's longest and will be set up untill Sunday in the Sardona World Heritage Region. (Photo by Gian Ehrenzeller/Keystone via AP Photo)