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.
These are the men with one of the most unpleasant jobs in the world .
THIS is the EXPLOSIVE moment when a 50 metre high pylon came crashing down to earth in a rural field .
POWERFUL bolts of lightning illuminate the night sky in an incredible autumn storm over the Sardinian coastline .
A proud gorilla mum welcomes her newborn baby western lowland gorilla, a critically endangered species .
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 .
Fishermen in Myanmar have perfected an unusual fishing technique by carefully balancing on one leg .
A pair of snarling foxes go paw-to-paw and brawl after unexpectedly crossing paths .
STARING intently into the camera, a polar bear appears to be lost in thought while relaxing in the snow .
A trio of ants are locked in a tug of war over a fly as they pull the bug by its legs .
ARMED with her camera, bikini and flippers, this brave diver goes swimming with SHARKS .
An aerial view of flooding in Gloucestershire .