Pinning a purple flower into her bleach blonde hair, pretty Ava admired herself in the mirror. She had every reason to be proud. In the space of a year, she had lost an incredible 17 stone. Her weight dropped from 37st 1lbs to 19st 7lbs, and she slipped into a dress before gazing at her newly svelte figure. With her smokey eye makeup and black skater dress, she could have been glamming up for a night on the tiles with her girlfriends. Instead, it was Halloween, 2013, and Ava was hiding a huge secret. Born a boy named William, it was the first time she had ever dressed as a girl – and everything fell into place.
Fishermen in Myanmar have perfected an unusual fishing technique by carefully balancing on one leg .
NEVER mind being careful not to choke on your food, this mother bird has a bigger challenge on her hands, as her ravenous offspring impatiently launches its head down into her stomach .
ARM extended and head flung back, this little chipmunk performs a loose-limbed yoga move .
THIS is the shocking moment a clumsy radio newsreader plunged into a freezing canal while texting her boyfriend instead of looking where she was going .
A photographer has captured stunning photographs of the Milky Way above picturesque landscapes in the UK and Italy .
An American black bear mimics John Travolta’s famous Saturday Night Fever dance move by hurling its arm in the air .
Swimming side by side with divers, these manatees will do anything they can to stay warm .
Sitting all alone on drift ice in the Arctic Ocean, this lonely little fella looks lost .
FROM a Kung-Fu professional to a mini incredible hulk, these are the babies you wouldn't want to mess with .
DIPPING his head into the vase of water, this little squirrel takes a refreshing break from an afternoon of eating .
This brave Hyena finally catches his pray among the thousands of flamingos, Lake Nakuru, Kenya - OUTNUMBERED among thousands of flamingos, this bold hyena is not put off from hunting for a morning snack .
AN American accountant has grown the world's biggest MELON and smashed his way into the record books with his mammoth 350 .