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.
An Italian photographer travelled to the highlands of New Guinea where he met an Indonesian tribe untouched by the modern world .
SOARING at 112 miles per hour through the air, this petite blonde certainly lives up to her title as the fastest flying woman in the world .
MEET the little lion of suburbia with a mane that makes him look like a mini-king of the jungle .
Swirling water and sand create amazing aerial images of river deltas across Iceland .
PERCHED on a branch, these two frogs hold hands as they look into the camera .
STARING open-mouthed into the camera, this shocked fish looks out of place in the middle of its angry friends .
LEAPING through the air this determined little mouse is on a mission for food .
Is your cat bored? Do his usual playthings simply not do it for him anymore? Not to worry - there's an app for that .
LYING back in the snow, these two polar bears share a cuddle as they call time out on playtime .
Here's a collection of art for the DIGIT-AL age as these fascinating illusions of landmarks, places and even a banana are made using just a pair of hands .
