  This paper presents a summary of the status of the field of very high-energy
(VHE) gamma-ray astronomy, as of early 2006. The paper is based on the
Rapporteur Talk given at the 29th International Cosmic Ray Conference in Pune,
India (ICRC 2005). It covers astrophysical results from observations made by
high-energy and very high-energy telescopes operating at photon energies above
1 GeV. The majority of recent observations in this field have been made by
ground-based telescopes using the atmospheric Cherenkov or air shower
techniques.
