Vienna's 'Art for Art' workshop has produced quality costumes for the likes of Valentino, New York's Metropolitan Opera and the 2006 football World Cup. Priding itself on producing high quality products, its designers and craftsmen are as skilled in creating authentic looking blood splatter and muddy boots, as they are making sumptuous dresses. Copyright (AFP RELAXNEWS/ AFPTV), 2013.

(Dakar, Senegal-AFP) - Pape Niang is one of the most important musicians in Senegal's vibrant music scene. Blind by birth, he has been organizing for several months "Handicapable", a project to train and support the disabled. It will launch with a concert on May 24 and Pape Niang hopes it will help improve conditions for handicapped people in Senegal. Copyright (AFP RELAXNEWS/ AFPTV), 2013.

After years of anticipation, New York's Citi Bike bike-share program is finally set to launch. Thousands of bikes are poised to populate hundreds of stations, and locals are getting getting ready with free orientations and cycling workshops. But not everyone supports the Big Apple's two-wheel revolution. Copyright (AFP RELAXNEWS/ AFPTV), 2013.

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(United Kingdom-AFP) - In east London, the Bamboo Bicycle Club allows people to build their own bamboo-framed bicycle and complete it with whichever fittings and fixtures they wish, over the course of a weekend. Copyright (AFP RELAXNEWS/ AFPTV), 2013.