Meet the world's most lifelike Disney princess - a 21-year-old man from California. Richard Schaefer has transformed himself into an array of Disney princesses, including Snow White, Cinderella and Ariel, thanks to his naturally soft features and clever make-up tricks. The freelance make-up artist from Fullerton, Orange County, spends two hours on each transformation and wears his own home-made costumes. Richard attends comic conventions in character and wows fairytale fans, who are stunned when they discover the picture-perfect real life Disney princess is in fact a man.
STARING intently into the camera, a polar bear appears to be lost in thought while relaxing in the snow .
Throwing their arms up in the air, these energetic squirrels play a game of ball with a walnut .
STARING open-mouthed into the camera, this shocked fish looks out of place in the middle of its angry friends .
SAT ON top of a Brazilian turtle’s head, this little ladybird looks content as he studies his environment from a new height .
An Italian photographer travelled to Chile where he visited several star-gazing sites, home to some of the world's most advanced telescopes, located in the spectacular setting of the Atacama desert .
Throwing a right hook as he launches onto his opponent with his gnarling teeth at the ready, this is the OTTER-LY ruthless showdown between two otters .
NEW DELHI, A woman activist of India's main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party crosses a police barricade near the residence of ruling Congress party chief Sonia Gandhi during a protest against the recent rape of a five-year-old girl in New Delhi, India, April 21, 2013 .
These uninvited guests ELEPHANTLY make their annual trip through the reception of this welcoming lodge .
SEA LIFE and greenery in one shot show nature at its very best .
EAGERLY BITING his nails, this little squirrel is clearly nervous of looming predators as he searches for his meal .
WITH HIS PAW covering his mouth, this cheeky cub looks amused by something .
A trout manages to escape the jaws of a hungry cormorant - only to find itself back inside the bird's long beak .