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.
Struggling home entertainment chain Blockbuster has been slammed for advertising its workers' jobs while they are still in them in order to scare them into working harder .
A floating market in Indonesia is bursting with vibrant colours as wooden rowing boats loaded with fruit and vegetables crowd the river .
The claws come out at meal time as a group of white tailed eagles brawl over road-kill .
A panic stricken kitten that got her head stuck in a car tyre has been freed by quick thinking RSPCA staff .
A group of otters put on a show of aqua aerobics, as they raise their flippers perfectly in sync .
A US firefighter has battled osteoarthritis and four hip replacements to break the world paddleboarding record .
SOME OF the sea’s most terrifying creatures show their softer side as they join a group of diners for lunch .
A trio of ants are locked in a tug of war over a fly as they pull the bug by its legs .
FROM motorcycling to department store shopping these spookily faceless people are part of the Chinese-fad for wearing protective solar-visors in public .
ROLLING up snow in its tiny paws, this little squirrel is looking for a snowball fight .
This brave Hyena finally catches his pray among the thousands of flamingos, Lake Nakuru, Kenya - OUTNUMBERED among thousands of flamingos, this bold hyena is not put off from hunting for a morning snack .
FULL OF STUNNING colours and swirling shapes, the furrows on these fields create a mix of mesmerising patterns .