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.
A US firefighter has battled osteoarthritis and four hip replacements to break the world paddleboarding record .
A SPECTRUM of colours fills the sky during this spectacular and natural display of light .
MEET the little lion of suburbia with a mane that makes him look like a mini-king of the jungle .
A grand 56-bedroom hotel, once heaving with injured soldiers during the First World War, now lies completely abandoned .
VENTURING into the ocean with self-made spears and nets, the fishermen of Zanzibar put their lives on the line when they catch food for their families .
THROWING himself off 1,100ft bridges in a wheelchair, this is the PARALYSED base jumper who knows no fear .
Suspended FIFTY metres in the air, this is the last place that you would expect to find a fine dining experience .
SITTING quietly at the edge of the lake, these two baby bears watch and learn as the adults hunt for fish .
A diving guide leaves a shark completely docile and balanced in the palm of his hand .
THIS BIGFOOT 'Jesus bird' may look silly, but he's perfectly designed for walking on water .
The gunslingers are long gone and tumbleweeds have taken over at this abandoned American Wild West Theme Park in Cornwall .
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 .