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.
SAT with his arms folded and a cross look on his face, this Gorilla looks like he's had enough of the Christmas holidays already .
AN ARRAY of colours, from pinks to blues and oranges, fill the night sky to create an amazing collection of interstellar patterns .
A fox takes a tumble and lands on his head when he tries to fend off a pair of eagles in Japan .
A PENSIONER was left with a fractured jaw after being beaten and robbed outside his home in Birmingham last weekend .
SQUABBLING over the last piece of grain, these hungry squirrels are determined to stock up on as much food as possible .
With the full moon looming behind him, this polar bear nestles down for the night .
WITHOUT A care in the world, this little snow monkey puts his feet up and settles in for a snooze .
Raising his arms above his head and lying flat on his back, a polar bear stretches as he sprawls out across the ice .
WITH SNOW COVERING the ground around them, these two polar bears play fight .
FISTS fly as two gorillas take each other on in a dramatic battle .
A baby sperm whale assumed the role of a friendly giant when faced with two awestruck divers .
WITH the phosphorescent blobs and mesmerising patterns, these spectacular images may look like the hall marks of an enchanted forest but it is in fact the scene of thousands of dancing FIREFLIES .