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.
LIFTING their heads high and bumping beaks, these aggressive pelicans clash over fish .
A woman whose daughter committed suicide after being raped as a child, has revealed she donated her organs - saving four peoples’ lives .
SLEEPING within touching distance of wild African animals might not be everyone's idea of a relaxing break .
LOCATIONS bursting with vibrant greens and chestnut browns, these photographs capture the peaceful English countryside in all its glory .
On June 23, 2017, Coral Denakis, now 27, woke up on the morning of her wedding day to find a car on fire outside her hotel .
IN a galaxy not so far away lies a magical display of lights that could be the latest image from NASA .
PERCHED on a branch, these two frogs hold hands as they look into the camera .
These photographs of extreme weather capture storms furiously rolling across the sky above America .
FROM motorcycling to department store shopping these spookily faceless people are part of the Chinese-fad for wearing protective solar-visors in public .
THIS alien-like bug would look more at home in outer-space but it can actually be found wriggling around here on Earth .
WELCOME to the Temple of Zoom where you can “experience” sliding down a Mayan temple into shark infested waters .
Pouncing down on top of his twin brother, these two snow leopard cubs practice their kung-fu moves .