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.
SEA LIFE and greenery in one shot show nature at its very best .
An adorable orangutan named Pongo celebrates his first birthday at Zoo Atlanta, Georgia, America .
A carefree bear cub reclines in the water with his feet raised in the air .
Swirling water and sand create amazing aerial images of river deltas across Iceland .
An American black bear mimics John Travolta’s famous Saturday Night Fever dance move by hurling its arm in the air .
What lies beneath this building site? Britain's great hope of winning the pre-WW2 arms race against Nazi Germany .
SNUGGLED up in the hay away from the elements, this adorable hoglet has sought solace with a familiar friend .
THESE kingfishers prove no rod is needed as they go fishing for their dinner .
IN THE not so MISTY MOUNTAINS of Wiltshire, there lies an abandoned hobbit house .
A cricket perches on an unusual seat after crawling up the snout of a crocodile .
This may look like a monster car engine that will leave petrol heads in a spin, but it is in fact a rather snazzy looking COFFEE MACHINE .
A GLOWING range of greens and blues sweep across the sky in a spectacular display of light .