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 .
USUALLY full to bursting, these London Underground stations stand silent and completely commuter free .
THIS may look like a dolphin through jumping hoops, but it is in fact nothing more than a clever 3D pencil drawing .
THIS RING of fire in the sky is the annular solar eclipse that wowed our cousins down-under .
ARM extended and head flung back, this little chipmunk performs a loose-limbed yoga move .
A ROAD KILL munching Scot has chewed on everything from a dead squirrel to an unlucky crow – all in the name of art .
A diver looks like a minnow as she swims alongside a gigantic whale shark, the largest species of fish on the planet .
AT 4,800 metres high and just three metres wide, this is the most dangerous road in the world .
AN ITALIAN mechanic has created the world’s most ferocious mini-car .
While often referred to as the kings of the jungle, gorillas - for all their might - are notorious hydrophobes .
THIS incredible shimmer of silver fish mirrors the image of that of an underwater tornado .
CARRYING a fully grown goat on his back, this five-year-old boy is a child shepherd in the mountains of northern Ethiopia .