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 BRITISH couple are the first to tie the knot inside an enormous GLACIER in Iceland .
A GLOWING range of greens and blues sweep across the sky in a spectacular display of light .
An Italian photographer travelled to northern India where he visited poverty stricken suburbs and captured ordinary people in a series of intimate and expressive portraits .
FROM a Kung-Fu professional to a mini incredible hulk, these are the babies you wouldn't want to mess with .
A photographer has captured spellbinding images of stars swirling above the English countryside .
Suspended FIFTY metres in the air, this is the last place that you would expect to find a fine dining experience .
WITH SNOW COVERING the ground around them, these two polar bears play fight .
A terrified moose, trapped in a frozen lake, bobs her head above the icey water and awaits her rescue .
A grand 56-bedroom hotel, once heaving with injured soldiers during the First World War, now lies completely abandoned .
SOARING through the air, this is the moment a hungry tawny owl arrives home with dinner .
Destroyed buildings and overturned cars are seen after a huge tornado struck Moore, Oklahoma, near Oklahoma City, May 20, 2013 .