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.
Sitting all alone on drift ice in the Arctic Ocean, this lonely little fella looks lost .
A British photographer has captured the beauty of London in a stunning series of landscapes shots .
A diver looks like a minnow as she swims alongside a gigantic whale shark, the largest species of fish on the planet .
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WELCOME to the pretty 122-inch-tall red dwelling that lays claim to the title of the UK's smallest house .
FROM a Kung-Fu professional to a mini incredible hulk, these are the babies you wouldn't want to mess with .
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BEHIND the doors of this building, with its stacks of mattresses and discarded remains of wheelchairs, lies another victim of austerity cuts .
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WITH A LITTLE cap of fresh snow resting on his head, this squirrel tries his best to pull off his new look .
THESE kingfishers prove no rod is needed as they go fishing for their dinner .
A BROWN bear wades through waters in Alaska and waits for his lunch .