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.
HUDDLING under a leaf, a pair of adorable Javan scops owls take shelter from the rain .
TOWERING 65 metres into the sky, this terrifying accent is a dream for climbers .
This starling and prairie dog will not back down an inch as they have a fearsome stand-off over who gets to eat a nut .
Full of tired and busy commuters, these underground stations are rarely admired for their architecture or beauty .
WITH STUNNING colours and serene scenes, these photographs capture the otherworldly beauty of the English coast .
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 .
GIANT garden sculptures don't beat about the bush .
MESMERIZING night sky photographs offer a spellbinding look at the stars .
With stunning scenery and otherworldly vistas, Iceland’s rural beauty is inescapable – especially for Hollywood .
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 .
DIVING boffins fired harpoons into 30-foot-long whale sharks in a bid to put the sea-beasts on Google Maps .
A British jewellery designer with a passion for London's iconic Gherkin has created a pen with an INK-REDIBLE price tag of £27,500 .