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.
From vivid greens to glowing pinks, the colours of the aurora borealis fill the night sky above a snow covered Lapland .
THE THOUGHT OF BECOMING shipwrecked on a remote destination would fill most holidaymakers with dread .
A BEAUTIFUL sight for the eyes and the imagination, these liquid sculptures take shape in many different colours and formations .
THE CRAZE for mimicking the video game Streetfighter has spread to the streets of London .
A middle spotted woodpecker swoops into her nest and feeds her young in a forest in Trentino, Italy .
An American black bear mimics John Travolta’s famous Saturday Night Fever dance move by hurling its arm in the air .
HUDDLING under a leaf, a pair of adorable Javan scops owls take shelter from the rain .
IN THE not so MISTY MOUNTAINS of Wiltshire, there lies an abandoned hobbit house .
A curious red squirrel takes a break from collecting nuts and tries her hand at photography .
MAKING himself at home, this little snail perches happily on top of this frog's head .
TUGGING at his exhausted mum's ears, a beautiful baby orangutan refuses to settle for a nap as he begins a game of peek-a-boo .
WELCOME to what could be the world's tallest TOTALLY wooden construction .