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.
BURSTING from the water, a beautiful but deadly Sumatran tiger jumps for food in an Indonesian zoo .
From a platter of finger licking chicken wings to a bowl of Chinese noodle soup, these foodie snaps are enough to make your savoury saliva glands drool .
SNUGGLING up against their teddy bears, these baby sloths could easily be mistaken for one of the cuddly toys .
TOWERING 65 metres into the sky, this terrifying accent is a dream for climbers .
An Italian photographer travelled to the highlands of New Guinea where he met an Indonesian tribe untouched by the modern world .
SNOWBOARDING in your £2,000 wedding dress sounds like a nightmare for most brides .
This is the amazing moment two white-tailed kites take an in-flight meal - exchanging prey at 100 foot high in mid air .
Is your cat bored? Do his usual playthings simply not do it for him anymore? Not to worry - there's an app for that .
Families in an Indian slum put their lives on the line by living on top of an ACTIVE railway track .
The view from this rooftop pool is sure to make most holidaymakers envious .
A young orangutan comes over all shy as she hides her face behind a broken bucket .