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.
ALL IS not as it seems in these deceptive cityscapes .
GIANT garden sculptures don't beat about the bush .
SAT ON top of a Brazilian turtle’s head, this little ladybird looks content as he studies his environment from a new height .
FROM a Kung-Fu professional to a mini incredible hulk, these are the babies you wouldn't want to mess with .
DIVING down at a speed of 75mph, this is the moment a hungry osprey caught his prey .
A US firefighter has battled osteoarthritis and four hip replacements to break the world paddleboarding record .
BALANCING 30 metres above ground, these slackliners take the expression of living dangerously one step further, by tightrope walking NAKED .
A middle spotted woodpecker swoops into her nest and feeds her young in a forest in Trentino, Italy .
A little clownfish opens its mouth to reveal a blood sucking intruder living on its tongue .
POPE MOBBED BY THOUSANDS OF WORSHIPPERS IN RIO - Thousands of worshippers gather to celebrate the Papal visit on Copacabana beach, Rio de Janeiro ,Brazil .
WIDE EYED with a huge smile across her face, this little elephant is a picture of happiness .