Transcripcin en ingls They may not be the most aesthetically pleasing group of people you've ever met, but

these revelers at the Lucerne Carnival in Switzerland hope their ugly masks will scare off the evil spirits of winter and pave the way for spring. The festival also features lanterns, costumes and music, and is part of a tradition which can be traced back to the 15th Century.

Transcripcin en ingls Greeces Mount Olympus is experiencing a rise in unauthorised logging. Its estimated over 100,000 trees have been felled illegally. With fuel prices soaring and temperatures dropping, many people are turning to wood to heat their homes. Wood markets are thriving but not all sources of wood are legitimate. Racketeers are among those who have been caught taking trees from the home of Greeces ancient gods.

Transcripcin en ingls In a scene reminiscent of the film Jaws, a shark approaches the shore of an Australian beach. However, unlike the film, beachgoers dont flee from the fish, they wrestle it and attempt to coax it back out to sea. The shark was also spotted in the shallow waters of a creek by frightened parents, children and tourists before finding its way back to open water. Transcripcin en ingls Thousands of shark fins drying on a Hong Kong rooftop. It's thought they were stored away from the gaze of tourists and conservationists who find the trade hard to stomach. They say the practice of removing the fin and tossing the shark back into the sea is barbaric. But shark's fin soup is considered a delicacy by many Chinese diners, who also claim it has medicinal qualities. Transcripcin en ingls Its a talent that very few possess. Most who try writing with both hands simultaneously end up with an illegible scrawl. Not so for 24-year-old Chen Siyuan, an ambidextrous translator from northern China. Chens gift is the ability to focus on two separate things at the same time. She discovered it while struggling to cope with large quantities of English language homework. Transcripcin en ingles The poignant fruits of a prison courtyard. On South Africa's Robben Island, famous for its jail, volunteers are harvesting vines planted in a garden once tended by its most famous inmate, Nelson Mandela. Over the years many people have been accused of trying to cash in on the Mandela brand but the participants in this scheme see it as a way of cherishing his memory.

Transcripcin en ingles They might not have a wardrobe of Lycra but these racers want to win just as much as their professional counterparts. A legacy of Britains summer sporting success is that clubs like these are growing in popularity. Children as young as two are learning to ride and compete. Its a far cry from the pressure of the velodrome but even at this age learning to lose is a harsh lesson. Transcripcin en ingls Meet Monty: a four-legged friend on four wheels. No, it's not a shaggy dog story, this pooch really is driving the car, after being trained by a charity in New Zealand. Six months ago he was abandoned by his owners. But the charity hopes that by showing how intelligent dogs can be, more people will adopt them, putting dogs like Monty back in the driving seat.