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.
BRAIDED, sculpted and beaded, these are the eye-catching hairstyles worn by the tribal women of Angola .
Splashing around in the water, a mother otter and her son are tangled in a family feud .
It’s a role reversal in the Visayan Sea as HUNDREDS of tiny, glistening eggs are carried around inside the mouth of their cardinalfish father .
LEAF-ing much to the imagination, this camera trickery is blooming marvellous .
A lazy tree frog, tired of hopping along a branch, chooses the slowest form of transport when it jumps on top of an unsuspecting snail .
These are the men with one of the most unpleasant jobs in the world .
Swirling water and sand create amazing aerial images of river deltas across Iceland .
Scurrying along the branch of a tree, a little squirrel pushes a pram packed full of Easter treats .
An adorable orangutan named Pongo celebrates his first birthday at Zoo Atlanta, Georgia, America .
HUDDLING under a leaf, a pair of adorable Javan scops owls take shelter from the rain .
BALANCING on top of a tree, this bear cub puts her climbing skills to the test .
AN ITALIAN mechanic has created the world’s most ferocious mini-car .