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 .
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 .
Leaping out of the ocean, a group of gentoo penguins fly through the air before landing safely on an iceberg .
This longhorn beetle demon-strates a dark side as it looks just like the devil .
An American black bear mimics John Travolta’s famous Saturday Night Fever dance move by hurling its arm in the air .
The beds are consumed by moss instead of customers at this abandoned hotel .
SNEAKING slowly into the water, this Bengal tiger plans a vicious attack on three unsuspecting deer .
A floating market in Indonesia is bursting with vibrant colours as wooden rowing boats loaded with fruit and vegetables crowd the river .
DIPPING his head into the vase of water, this little squirrel takes a refreshing break from an afternoon of eating .
A fox takes a tumble and lands on his head when he tries to fend off a pair of eagles in Japan .
USUALLY full to bursting, these London Underground stations stand silent and completely commuter free .
SAILING over crystal clear waters, the Bajau people of Malaysia live their lives almost entirely at SEA .