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 cheeky gorilla sticks her tongue out and plays up for the camera at Bronx Zoo .
From foster care to the MAGICAL world of cosplay, a young girl’s dreams become reality after being adopted by a photography loving couple .
CLINGING onto nothing but ice, this brave climber reaches heights of 1000 FEET as he scales frozen solid waterfalls .
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 .
Raising his arms above his head and lying flat on his back, a polar bear stretches as he sprawls out across the ice .
Pic By Graham Gibson/ HotSpot Media - SHARK HYPNOTIST BALANCES SHARK IN PALM OF HIS HAND- In Pic - Diver Tom and Caribbean reef sharks in the Bahamas- A SHARK hypnotist balances these predators in the palm of his hand by sending them to sleep with a gentle nose rub .
A terrified moose, trapped in a frozen lake, bobs her head above the icey water and awaits her rescue .
An Indonesian farmer is dragged through muddy water as he clings to the tails of two charging cows .
DASHING through the snow, this little stoat is on the lookout for a Christmas feast .
A German photographer travelled around Africa where he met and photographed members of tribes in a series of intimate portraits .
Complete with core, mantle and crust, these incredible planet cakes are truly out of this world .
THIS DANGER-mad female pensioner could be the oldest Brit to cage dive with CROCODILES .