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.
AT 4,800 metres high and just three metres wide, this is the most dangerous road in the world .
An adorable little squirrel wakes from a nap and pops out his tongue for the camera .
A mother told she had terminal cancer by doctors who ignored her pleas for help 13 times has made a miracle recovery following the UK's first operation of its kind .
BREATHING life back into old photographs, these black and white images are transformed by colour .
A woman who left a fellow nightclubber needing plastic surgery after savagely biting her on the hand because she was hungry, has been spared prison .
STARING intently into the camera, a polar bear appears to be lost in thought while relaxing in the snow .
BURSTING colours of reds, pinks and purples give the illusion of a collection of stunning flowers .
SPURTING water 20ft into the air, this is one well you wouldn't want to dip your bucket into .
THIS is the moment one irritated pelican nearly swallows the entire head of his unlucky competitor .
These are the amazing close up pictures of North Korea's mass games - after photographers were previously banned from taking shots so close to the dazzling formation dances .
LIKE SUPERMAN carrying a slimy Lois Lane through the air this frog is treating its mate to a flying lesson .
DIPPING his head into the vase of water, this little squirrel takes a refreshing break from an afternoon of eating .