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.
SAILING peacefully across a river in the early morning light, a fisherman in China keeps a 1000 year old tradition alive .
EXPERTLY camouflaged, this clever panther chameleon knows how to catch its prey by surprise .
HOTSPOT MEDIA - BACK TO THE FUTURE WITH AR' KID: A POSTAL SORTER has perfected the art of time travel by delivering images that are from the past .
A pair of chicks bravely decided to befriend a python, despite being the snake's favourite choice of food .
Daniel Blore, 21, of Innage Crescent, Bridgnorth, stabbed his mother three times in the attack on January 11 this year, Stafford Crown Court heard .
An Italian photographer travelled to northern India where he visited poverty stricken suburbs and captured ordinary people in a series of intimate and expressive portraits .
STOOD side by side next to a busy road, these buildings were once bustling with life .
Hot on the heels of a little rabbit, this cheetah is on a mission to catch his prey .
ARMED with her camera, bikini and flippers, this brave diver goes swimming with SHARKS .
Swirling water and sand create amazing aerial images of river deltas across Iceland .
