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.
Playing, splashing and generally messing around, these polar bears show they certainly have a soft spot for the water, and not just each other .
A quiet Himalayan mountain village springs to life for a colourful Buddhist festival designed to expel evil spirits and bring happiness .
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NEVER mind being careful not to choke on your food, this mother bird has a bigger challenge on her hands, as her ravenous offspring impatiently launches its head down into her stomach .
This is the amazing moment two white-tailed kites take an in-flight meal - exchanging prey at 100 foot high in mid air .
From a platter of finger licking chicken wings to a bowl of Chinese noodle soup, these foodie snaps are enough to make your savoury saliva glands drool .
FLEXING his muscles and staring straight at his opponent, this bodybuilding squirrel is the nuts .
AN American accountant has grown the world's biggest MELON and smashed his way into the record books with his mammoth 350 .
A diver attempts to control rising numbers of lionfish by feeding the venomous species to Caribbean reef sharks .
A German photographer travelled around Africa where he met and photographed members of tribes in a series of intimate portraits .
FROM COLOURFUL autumn leaves to living trees at first glance you might miss these people blended with nature .
THE FAST AND THE FURIOUS - 250 DRIVERS ARRESTED FOR STREET RACING IN BIRMINGHAM- In Pic - The start line on the Heartlands Parkway Nechels Birmingham .