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.
Here's a collection of art for the DIGIT-AL age as these fascinating illusions of landmarks, places and even a banana are made using just a pair of hands .
The lighthouses of Brittany, from Brest to Le Conquet, stand tall on France’s north-western coast against stunning scenery .
FLYING through the air, these delighted pooches pull their best poses mid-flight .
An aerial view of flooding in Gloucestershire .
AT 4,800 metres high and just three metres wide, this is the most dangerous road in the world .
Throwing their arms up in the air, these energetic squirrels play a game of ball with a walnut .
STAIRWAY obsessed photographers have captured psychedelic shots that will mesmerise you .
WITH their robotic movements and pristine uniforms, these are the sexy traffic girls of North Korea that are becoming iconic figures in the secretive state .
AN American accountant has grown the world's biggest MELON and smashed his way into the record books with his mammoth 350 .
Clinging on to their furry backs, mischievous monkeys appeared to enjoy the free transport as they rode around on a perturbed Capybara .
A once bustling gold rush town in Mono County, California now stands completed deserted .
