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.
A woman has released pictures of the horrific injuries she suffered when her jealous ex attacked her with a brick .
A cricket perches on an unusual seat after crawling up the snout of a crocodile .
A mum who has hid behind the hair loss condition alopecia for the last 20 years has bravely revealed a secret compulsion to tear out her own hair that has tormented her since she was a child .
Playing, splashing and generally messing around, these polar bears show they certainly have a soft spot for the water, and not just each other .
Full of tired and busy commuters, these underground stations are rarely admired for their architecture or beauty .
WITH LUSH GREEN LANDSCAPES stretching out as far as the eye can see, you're in for a treat at these one of a kind treehouses .
STARING open-mouthed into the camera, this shocked fish looks out of place in the middle of its angry friends .
The beds are consumed by moss instead of customers at this abandoned hotel .
AN ARRAY of colours, from pinks to blues and oranges, fill the night sky to create an amazing collection of interstellar patterns .
THIS is the moment one irritated pelican nearly swallows the entire head of his unlucky competitor .
Marina Afonina, now 51, from Northampton, met Ioan Budea in 2006 .