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.
NOT YOUR everyday selfie, this plucky diver poses with some of the scariest predators in the ocean .
What lies beneath this building site? Britain's great hope of winning the pre-WW2 arms race against Nazi Germany .
SHOWING off her best assets for the camera, this cheeky orangutan is in the mood for love, puckering up her lips to blow the biggest kiss she can .
A toddler has shrugged off death an incredible 10 times thanks to his parents who revive him with the kiss of life every two weeks .
A nine year old girl nearly lost her leg after doctors initially misdiagnosed her bone cancer as a pulled muscle .
A photographer has travelled the length of the UK capturing lighthouses and their picturesque surroundings .
SURROUNDED by tens of thousands of fish, this outnumbered diver is dwarfed by a mass of sea life .
Hot on the heels of a little rabbit, this cheetah is on a mission to catch his prey .
Armed with a snorkel, flippers and her skimpy bikini, an intrepid female free diver swims alongside an array of reef sharks .
At least three people have been killed and more than 100 injured, some seriously, in two explosions at the finish line of the Boston Marathon .
With stunning scenery and otherworldly vistas, Iceland’s rural beauty is inescapable – especially for Hollywood .
A photographer has captured stunning photographs of the Milky Way above picturesque landscapes in the UK and Italy .