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.
HIDDEN in the middle of the Mojave Desert, a secret oasis awaits intrepid travellers .
With a dust covered coat hung from a wardrobe door and a pair of glasses left on a shelf, a remote farmhouse lies abandoned in the Welsh countryside .
WRAPPED up in classy headscarves, these adorable pooches are the picture of sophistication .
Daniel Blore, 21, of Innage Crescent, Bridgnorth, stabbed his mother three times in the attack on January 11 this year, Stafford Crown Court heard .
A couple celebrated tying the knot with a spectacular Alice in Wonderland-themed wedding reception .
A trout manages to escape the jaws of a hungry cormorant - only to find itself back inside the bird's long beak .
FULL OF STUNNING colours and swirling shapes, the furrows on these fields create a mix of mesmerising patterns .
A curious red squirrel takes a break from collecting nuts and tries her hand at photography .
A grey whale and her calf greet an audience of awestruck admirers on the Pacific coast of Baja California Sur, Mexico .
A brave praying mantis makes an unusual friend in an Oriental garden lizard .
This tranquil setting stretches for miles as the sun sets behind the mountain .
