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.
Swimming side by side with divers, these manatees will do anything they can to stay warm .
This may look like a monster car engine that will leave petrol heads in a spin, but it is in fact a rather snazzy looking COFFEE MACHINE .
These are the men with one of the most unpleasant jobs in the world .
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COVERING themselves in ash and face paint, these are the holy men who live their lives away from everyday society .
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A group of shelter dogs showcase their loveable personalities in a series of passport-style photographs - in the hope of finding their forever homes .
HOTSPOT MEDIA - FUNKY BUMP: FROM MIRROR bellies to rainbow bumps these pregnancy casts of stone and bronze could be the funkiest way to preserve your bump for posterity .
SOARING through the air, a hungry white-tailed kite prepares to snatch a vole from his mother’s claws .
A terrified moose, trapped in a frozen lake, bobs her head above the icey water and awaits her rescue .
What lies beneath this building site? Britain's great hope of winning the pre-WW2 arms race against Nazi Germany .
A cheeky gorilla sticks her tongue out and plays up for the camera at Bronx Zoo .