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 lively lemon shark grins into the camera and showcases his impressive teeth .
ROLLING across a 65-metre-high viaduct in the Alps, the red carriages of the Bernina Express add a splash of colour to the spectacular snow-covered Swiss surroundings .
An Australian explorer has travelled the globe with a toy pig, known as Travel Piggy, in search of a missing cuddly companion .
A pair of snarling foxes go paw-to-paw and brawl after unexpectedly crossing paths .
A young otter wades through a lake with his eyes set on an older rival’s fish .
The beds are consumed by moss instead of customers at this abandoned hotel .
A pair of chicks bravely decided to befriend a python, despite being the snake's favourite choice of food .
LEAPING for joy five-feet above the waves this baby whale cutie is saying HELLO to its family after being lost .
Families in an Indian slum put their lives on the line by living on top of an ACTIVE railway track .
HIDDEN in the middle of the Mojave Desert, a secret oasis awaits intrepid travellers .
