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.
NATURE PAPARAZZIS prove you don't have to be Justin Bieber or Cheryl Cole to attract a pack of photographers .
This may look like a monster car engine that will leave petrol heads in a spin, but it is in fact a rather snazzy looking COFFEE MACHINE .
Exploding out of the water, a great white shark performs a backflip during a hunt for seals .
WITH A wide smile plastered across his face, this little gecko is ready for his close up .
BRAIDED, sculpted and beaded, these are the eye-catching hairstyles worn by the tribal women of Angola .
FLEXING his muscles and staring straight at his opponent, this bodybuilding squirrel is the nuts .
LEAF-ing much to the imagination, this camera trickery is blooming marvellous .
LINED up one by one on a deer’s back, these little birds give their wings a break as they catch a ride across London .
HIDDEN in the middle of the Mojave Desert, a secret oasis awaits intrepid travellers .
AT first glance these images could easily be mistaken for photographs, but they are in-fact real life drawings created using nothing but coloured pencils .
NOT YOUR everyday selfie, this plucky diver poses with some of the scariest predators in the ocean .