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.
These images of vintage cars, bikes and vans, pictured all over the world, could easily have come from a globetrotting petrol-head’s photo album .
A striped marlin means business as it spots lunch and spears a small fish .
SITTING in the middle of a vast desert, an abandoned cinema is still waiting for its first movie to be screened .
When couples talk about wanting a white wedding, few will be referring to getting hitched on a glacier sat on top of an active volcano .
An osprey soars through the air at 30 miles per hour before swooping down to catch its prey from a lake .
THIS incredible shimmer of silver fish mirrors the image of that of an underwater tornado .
Ever wished you could live in a house just like Barbie's? Canadian sculptor Heather Benning has created the life-size dollhouse of her dreams out a derelict building .
Splashing around in the water, a mother otter and her son are tangled in a family feud .
STAIRWAY obsessed photographers have captured psychedelic shots that will mesmerise you .
FROM COLOURFUL autumn leaves to living trees at first glance you might miss these people blended with nature .
These photographs of extreme weather capture storms furiously rolling across the sky above America .