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.
A Little owl looks down the lens of a camera and gives the photographer a cheeky wink .
What lies beneath this building site? Britain's great hope of winning the pre-WW2 arms race against Nazi Germany .
SOARING through the air, this is the moment a hungry tawny owl arrives home with dinner .
Pic By Graham Gibson/ HotSpot Media - SHARK HYPNOTIST BALANCES SHARK IN PALM OF HIS HAND- In Pic - Diver Tom and Caribbean reef sharks in the Bahamas- A SHARK hypnotist balances these predators in the palm of his hand by sending them to sleep with a gentle nose rub .
DIPPING his head into the vase of water, this little squirrel takes a refreshing break from an afternoon of eating .
THIS DANGER-mad female pensioner could be the oldest Brit to cage dive with CROCODILES .
SOARING through the air, a hungry white-tailed kite prepares to snatch a vole from his mother’s claws .
FROM a HOLLYWOOD actress to the face of an innocent child, these are incredible drawings with an unlikely twist .
BURSTING colours of reds, pinks and purples give the illusion of a collection of stunning flowers .
CAMPED out in the middle of a forest, these unusual hut hotels take you back to basics .
TRYING their best to wriggle away, three adorable tiger cubs receive their health checks at Chester Zoo .