Sand sculptor Isabelle Decallonne of Belgium works on a Walrus sculpture during the Sand Sculpture Festival "Sand World" in Travemuende near Luebeck June 29, 2006. About 9,000 tons of special sand are used to create an imaginative circus world with artists, magicians, tamers with exotic animals and world-famous clowns of the circus history at the Baltic Sea Beach of Travemuende. The festival runs from July 7 until September 3, 2006. (Reuters)