From foster care to the MAGICAL world of cosplay, a young girl’s dreams become reality after being adopted by a photography loving couple. 10-year-old Alice Lewis has assumed the identity of Alice in Wonderland, Dorothy of Oz and Joan of Arc, thanks to her photographer mum and cosplay, a performance art which uses costumes and fashion accessories. For years Alice played make-believe while she dreamed of the day she had a happily ever after with a family of her own, which she found, aged 7, when she was adopted by James and Kelly Lewis, from Atlanta, Georgia.
Leaping out of the ocean, a group of gentoo penguins fly through the air before landing safely on an iceberg .
FROM motorcycling to department store shopping these spookily faceless people are part of the Chinese-fad for wearing protective solar-visors in public .
WELCOME to the 125 decibel boombox bus that could damage your hearing if you party too close to its giant speakers .
MESMERIZING night sky photographs offer a spellbinding look at the stars .
A blanket of fog is lit up by the colourful glowing lights of the city below .
A lazy tree frog, tired of hopping along a branch, chooses the slowest form of transport when it jumps on top of an unsuspecting snail .
Ever wished you could live in a house just like Barbie's? Canadian sculptor Heather Benning has created the life-size dollhouse of her dreams out a derelict building .
Throwing their arms up in the air, these energetic squirrels play a game of ball with a walnut .
WEARING tiny Christmas accessories, these adorable babies get into the spirit of the season .
With luminous colours and alien- like features, these magical mushrooms look like they belong on another planet .
TUGGING on the wing of his sibling, this needy owl is after some attention .
EXPERTLY camouflaged, this clever panther chameleon knows how to catch its prey by surprise .