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.
Kevin Silva, 52 from Indiana in the USA, has spent an estimated £65K ($100K) on Batman trinkets over the years, and even keeps his 2,500-item haul in his very own basement 'Bat Cave' .
A lazy otter finds the ideal spot to soak up the sun and sleep off his lunch .
An Italian photographer travelled to northern India where he visited poverty stricken suburbs and captured ordinary people in a series of intimate and expressive portraits .
An artist has transformed traditional Thanksgiving dinners into mini-masterpieces .
Exploding out of the water, a great white shark performs a backflip during a hunt for seals .
STARING eagerly into the camera, this little toad is full of curiosity .
PERCHING on the edge of a flower, these loved-up caterpillars can't resist each other as they enjoy a romantic moment together .
A hypnotherapist filmed himself sexually abusing a 19-year-old patient while she was in a trance-like state .
It's incredible to think anyone could live in such horrendous squalor - yet two men have been prosecuted for keeping their homes in such revolting conditions that it was no longer fit for their animals .
WIDE EYED and staring straight down the lens of the camera, this intrigued seal is ready for his close up .
These adorable pictures show the moment two cuddly red panda cubs take their first look at the outside world and are weighed for the very first time .
LEAPING for joy five-feet above the waves this baby whale cutie is saying HELLO to its family after being lost .