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.
SKIPPING on the spot, an adorable little owl embraces the 'running man' challenge .
SOME OF the sea’s most terrifying creatures show their softer side as they join a group of diners for lunch .
An osprey soars through the air at 30 miles per hour before swooping down to catch its prey from a lake .
BRAIDED, sculpted and beaded, these are the eye-catching hairstyles worn by the tribal women of Angola .
WITH HIS PAW covering his mouth, this cheeky cub looks amused by something .
AN ADORABLE one-eyed kitten has been dubbed the 'pirate cat' because of his pirate-like facial expressions .
Throwing their arms up in the air, these energetic squirrels play a game of ball with a walnut .
WITH SNOW COVERING the ground around them, these two polar bears play fight .
TENNIS was a game made for three according to the first Victorian rule book .
AN ARRAY of colours, from pinks to blues and oranges, fill the night sky to create an amazing collection of interstellar patterns .
TUGGING at his exhausted mum's ears, a beautiful baby orangutan refuses to settle for a nap as he begins a game of peek-a-boo .
