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.
ROLLING around in the snow, these young brown bears take a break from their play fight to share a tender hug with one another .
The rock restaurant, located in Zanzibar – THIS unique restaurant really does boast breath-taking views - as it is perched on a rock in the middle of the sea .
A HEIGHT-addicted airline pilot has taken pictures of the Dubai from 1,300-feet .
Scurrying along the branch of a tree, a little squirrel pushes a pram packed full of Easter treats .
The gunslingers are long gone and tumbleweeds have taken over at this abandoned American Wild West Theme Park in Cornwall .
A once bustling gold rush town in Mono County, California now stands completed deserted .
A terrified moose, trapped in a frozen lake, bobs her head above the icey water and awaits her rescue .
A young otter wades through a lake with his eyes set on an older rival’s fish .
FULL OF STUNNING colours and swirling shapes, the furrows on these fields create a mix of mesmerising patterns .
WIDE EYED and staring straight down the lens of the camera, this intrigued seal is ready for his close up .