From foster care to the MAGICAL world of cosplay, a young girl’s dreams become reality after being adopted by a photography loving couple. 10-year-old Alice Lewis has assumed the identity of Alice in Wonderland, Dorothy of Oz and Joan of Arc, thanks to her photographer mum and cosplay, a performance art which uses costumes and fashion accessories. For years Alice played make-believe while she dreamed of the day she had a happily ever after with a family of her own, which she found, aged 7, when she was adopted by James and Kelly Lewis, from Atlanta, Georgia.
WE’RE all familiar with the heart-wrenching pictures of dogs abandoned in animal shelters, but one photographer has found an innovative way of showcasing the pooch’s personality .
HEARTWARMING belongings lie abandoned in this eerie former dairy farm which has been left to crumble away for decades .
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 .
Beautiful turquoise waves rise and fall in a series of stunning images taken along the coastline of south-eastern Australia .
T least three people have been killed and more than 100 injured, some seriously, in two explosions at the finish line of the Boston Marathon .
A baby girl has become the youngest British patient to receive a life-saving cardiac operation after her heart swelled to twice its normal size within days of her birth .
WEARING tiny Christmas accessories, these adorable babies get into the spirit of the season .
A small Indian monkey is seemingly gob-smacked after reading the latest stock market news .
A striped marlin means business as it spots lunch and spears a small fish .
AN ARRAY of colours, from pinks to blues and oranges, fill the night sky to create an amazing collection of interstellar patterns .
This cheeky macaque gets up close and personal as he examines the dental hygiene of his fellow primate .
FEAST your eyes on the £500K coin-covered Range Rover that could be the world’s most blinged-out car .