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.
When couples talk about wanting a white wedding, few will be referring to getting hitched on a glacier sat on top of an active volcano .
HUDDLED together in the hollow of a tree, it would be easy to overlook these two sleepy owls as they blend into the trunk .
A PENSIONER was left with a fractured jaw after being beaten and robbed outside his home in Birmingham last weekend .
At least three people have been killed and more than 100 injured, some seriously, in two explosions at the finish line of the Boston Marathon .
A carefree bear cub reclines in the water with his feet raised in the air .
THIS is the incredible moment a pelican throws a fish into the air and SLAM DUNKS it into its enormous throat sack .
With one hand rested on his belly and the other propping his head up, this lazy lizard takes an afternoon break .
With an abandoned tricycle sitting in an empty corridor, this derelict but once grand mansion could be the setting for The Shining .
SWIMMING next to 40 tonne whales, dare-devil divers take the plunge with these gentle giants of the sea .
CLINGING onto nothing but ice, this brave climber reaches heights of 1000 FEET as he scales frozen solid waterfalls .
A photographer has captured stunning photographs of the Milky Way above picturesque landscapes in the UK and Italy .
