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Commuters in Vienna,

Austria have turned their

noses up at scented subway

trains after a month-long

trial aimed at enhancing their

travel experience.

Four aromas – including

“energizing” grapefruit and

“relaxing” melon – were

tested in the Austrian capital

during July.

The city’s public transport

company said Monday it

dropped plans to “scent”the

trains after 21,000 of 37,

participants voted against the

plan in an online survey.

“I want to make sure that

passengers feel comfortable

in public transport,” Vienna

environment councilor Ulli

Sima said.

During the test run, the

scents were funneled through

ventilation systems.

Vienna’s public transport

used by 2.6 million people

daily is known for its efficien-

cy and low cost.

Almost half of Vienna’s

1.9 million inhabitants hold a

365-euros ($407) yearly pass.

The number of pass

holders exceeds the number

of registered cars in Vienna,

according to the transport

authority.

AFP

Scented subways stink: Viennese

If you see a strange-looking sea

monster crawl onto the beach,

don’t be alarmed, it’s likely a

woman wearing a new and

wildly-designed bod-kini.

A video posted by the Pear

Video on Monday shows six

models strutting on a crowded

beach in Qingdao, East China’s

Shandong Province showing

off their head-to-foot outfits

that reveal only their eyes,

mouth and feet, and are in-

tended to be total sun blockers.

One of the model’s bod-ki-

ni appears to have fish scales

making her look like a perfect

mate for the fish-man from the

US film The Shape of Water.

Other models’ full-body

outfits make them appear to be

wearing a bikini, except their

suits’ bare skin is bright red or

blue.

The bod-kini is a step-up

from the face-kini that covers

the wearer’s entire head and

debuted on Chinese beaches

last year.

Zhang Shifan, the founder

of both claimed that the elabo-

rate designs of the sun-block-

ing costumes contain elements

of ancient Chinese culture.

The head covering of some

costumes make the wearer ap-

pear to be dressed in fashions

popular centuries ago.

“It’s my wish to promote

good global cultures,” Zhang

said, claiming that young peo-

ple are buying her bod-kini.

Last year’s video of her

breakthrough – and often

mocked – face-kini, were main-

ly worn by elderly women.

“It’s totally not Chinese

culture,” a netizen criticized

the founder’s saying.

“They’re really creeping

me out,” said a netizen of

the bod-kini-wearing beach

models, who’s comment was

echoed online by many.

Pear Video

Heart felt

Just out of reach

An Indonesian man is walking

700 kilometers from his home

on a volcano in East Java to

Jakarta in the hope of drawing

attention to the archipelago’s

quickly shrinking forests – and

he is doing it backwards.

Medi Bastoni, a 43-year-old

father of four, set out on his

arduous, in-reverse journey

in mid-July, with the goal of

reaching the capital by August

16, a day before the Southeast

Asian nation’s independence

day anniversary.

“Of course I’m exhausted,

but I’m willing to do this to

fight for the next generation,”

Bastoni told AFP.

“[My home] is losing all of

its trees so I have to do some-

thing. I can take the pain and

fatigue.”

When he arrives, Bastoni

said he hopes to meet with

president Joko Widodo and

highlight deforestation across

the archipelago including at

his home on Mt. Wilis, a dor-

mant volcano.

Indonesia suffers from one

of the highest rates of defor-

estation in the world, accord-

ing to Greenpeace.

All along his walk, local

people offered Bastoni food

and lodging.

Bastoni walks 20 to 30

kilometers backwards every

day, with a rear-view mirror at-

tached to his backpack to avoid

bumping into objects.

Walking backwards is

meant as a signal to Indone-

sians to reflect on the past

and remember how national

heroes fought for the good of

the country, he said.

AFP

A group of citizens jumped to help lift a bus off

a woman who was trapped under a wheel after it

hit her in Northwest China’s Shaanxi Province.

Just five seconds after the accident, some 20

citizens in Weinan gathered on the right side of

the bus and began pushing with all their might

to tilt it up so the woman could be pulled out

from underneath the passenger door, according

to a video posted Monday by the Pear Video.

The woman lying motionless was apparently

riding her bicycle when she was hit by the bus.

An ambulance soon arrived at the scene and

paramedics were seen briefly tending to the

woman before rushing her to a hospital. Sina

News reports that the woman suffered non-life

threatening but serious injuries.

The spontaneous rescue attempt by people of

all ages received a lot of admiration on social me-

dia, with netizens praising those involved in the

rescue attempt. A netizen wrote that the axiom

“there’s strength in numbers” applied perfectly

to the citizens’ quick reaction to the accident.

Pear Video

Firefighter revives puppy with CPR

After dousing a blaze in a warehouse workshop,

firefighters in East China’s Jiangsu Province car-

ried five soaking puppies from the rubble, one of

which was revived after receiving CPR.

A video posted by Pear Video shows a fire-

fighter delicately carrying from the wreckage

an unconscious black puppy that appears to be

little more than one month old. Still wearing his

oxygen mask, he gingerly lays it on the ground,

wraps his hands around the little animal’s tiny

chest and starts pumping. After the puppy

shows signs of life, the firefighters take it to a

connection bracket of a firehose to wash it off.

Another firefighter then carries four other

puppies out and lays them near the leaking hose.

All appear to have survived.

Finally, the puppies’ mother emerges from

behind the broken-down retractable steel gate,

shakes off the soaking she received when fire-

fighters were putting out the blaze and wonders

over to her brood with her tail wagging.

The unusual rescue received a lot of praise on

social media. “Melts my heart,” a netizen wrote.

Pear Video

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Indonesian man walking in reverse to save forests

First there was the face-kini, now there’s a bod-kini

Local citizens lift bus in spontaneous rescue of trapped woman

The necks of black

swans form a heart

while paddling

in a lotus pond

at China’s Old

Summer Palace in

Beijing on Saturday.

Wednesday is Qixi

Festival, which is

also known as the

Chinese Valentine’s

Day. Photo: VCG

A man attempts to prevent

woman from jumping into a river

and killing herself as a police

officer rushes to give assistance

in Quzhou, East China’s Zhejiang

Province. The woman ended up

in the river and the man jumped

in too, preventing her from

drowning. She was later taken to

hospital with no apparent bodily

injuries. Photo: VCG