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.
Sitting all alone on drift ice in the Arctic Ocean, this lonely little fella looks lost .
FROM motorcycling to department store shopping these spookily faceless people are part of the Chinese-fad for wearing protective solar-visors in public .
A kingfisher’s bright blue and orange feathers glisten in the sunlight as the bird dives into a lake .
An osprey soars through the air at 30 miles per hour before swooping down to catch its prey from a lake .
DINING under the stars, this restaurant takes you back in time - inside an ancient cave .
FROM A mini table and chairs to a detailed violin, it’s hard to believe these incredible sculptures are all carved into the nib of PENCILS .
HOTSPOT MEDIA - BACK TO THE FUTURE WITH AR' KID: A POSTAL SORTER has perfected the art of time travel by delivering images that are from the past .
A ROAD KILL munching Scot has chewed on everything from a dead squirrel to an unlucky crow – all in the name of art .
SOME OF the sea’s most terrifying creatures show their softer side as they join a group of diners for lunch .
A TAXIDERMY truck spotted in America’s Deep South could be the most gruesome wagon on the road .
NEW DELHI, A woman activist of India's main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party crosses a police barricade near the residence of ruling Congress party chief Sonia Gandhi during a protest against the recent rape of a five-year-old girl in New Delhi, India, April 21, 2013 .
At first glance what might look like ordinary rusty bridge and road railings, are in fact amazing works of art .