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.
SNUGGLING up against their teddy bears, these baby sloths could easily be mistaken for one of the cuddly toys .
WRAPPED up in classy headscarves, these adorable pooches are the picture of sophistication .
POPE MOBBED BY THOUSANDS OF WORSHIPPERS IN RIO - Thousands of worshippers gather to celebrate the Papal visit on Copacabana beach, Rio de Janeiro ,Brazil .
An Italian photographer travelled to northern India where he visited poverty stricken suburbs and captured ordinary people in a series of intimate and expressive portraits .
A pair of chicks bravely decided to befriend a python, despite being the snake's favourite choice of food .
BALANCING 30 metres above ground, these slackliners take the expression of living dangerously one step further, by tightrope walking NAKED .
BASKING in smug satisfaction, a confident squirrel gives a wink to the camera .
LEAF-ing much to the imagination, this camera trickery is blooming marvellous .
Scurrying along the branch of a tree, a little squirrel pushes a pram packed full of Easter treats .
LIKE A living balloon this baitball of sardines is ready to burst when threatened by a pointy nosed sailfish .
GLIDING through the water, these delightful frogs show off their vibrant colours as they practice their FROG crawl .
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 .