• A farmer plays in a rice paddy during 'National Paddy Day', which marks the start of the annual rice-planting season, near Kathmandu, Nepal. AFP
    A farmer plays in a rice paddy during 'National Paddy Day', which marks the start of the annual rice-planting season, near Kathmandu, Nepal. AFP
  • Players on the pitch during the women's international cricket Test match between England and South Africa, in Taunton, Britain. Reuters
    Players on the pitch during the women's international cricket Test match between England and South Africa, in Taunton, Britain. Reuters
  • Pope Francis leads the mass for the Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul at Vatican Basilica in Vatican City, Vatican. Getty Images
    Pope Francis leads the mass for the Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul at Vatican Basilica in Vatican City, Vatican. Getty Images
  • Farmers protest against the government's nitrogen plans, in the Netherlands. Dutch farmers are against the plans aimed at halving nitrogen emissions by 2030, which they say are particularly drastic for the agricultural sector. EPA
    Farmers protest against the government's nitrogen plans, in the Netherlands. Dutch farmers are against the plans aimed at halving nitrogen emissions by 2030, which they say are particularly drastic for the agricultural sector. EPA
  • A shepherd watches as his buffalos cool off in the shallow waters of the Diyala River, which has turned into pools of sewage water due to desertification and pollution, east of Baghdad, Iraq. Low rainfall and upstream damming in neighbouring Iran and Turkey have led to drops in the Tigris and Euphrates water levels. EPA
    A shepherd watches as his buffalos cool off in the shallow waters of the Diyala River, which has turned into pools of sewage water due to desertification and pollution, east of Baghdad, Iraq. Low rainfall and upstream damming in neighbouring Iran and Turkey have led to drops in the Tigris and Euphrates water levels. EPA
  • Abena Osei Asare, Ghana's Deputy Minister of Finance, is protected by the police at the ministry offices on the second day of a demonstration over soaring living costs, in the capital Accra. AFP
    Abena Osei Asare, Ghana's Deputy Minister of Finance, is protected by the police at the ministry offices on the second day of a demonstration over soaring living costs, in the capital Accra. AFP
  • A Sadhu, or Hindu holy man, walks along a path next to another person during the pilgrimage to the Armarnath cave shrine in Indian-administered Kashmir. AFP
    A Sadhu, or Hindu holy man, walks along a path next to another person during the pilgrimage to the Armarnath cave shrine in Indian-administered Kashmir. AFP
  • Women collect water from a well in Agrotha village, in India's Madhya Pradesh state. As the monsoon storms bear down on the country, the women hope that water shortages will no longer leave their village high and dry. AFP
    Women collect water from a well in Agrotha village, in India's Madhya Pradesh state. As the monsoon storms bear down on the country, the women hope that water shortages will no longer leave their village high and dry. AFP
  • The Berwick Charities Cup celebrates it's centenary this year. Matches are played at The Stanks, a pitch at the foot of the Elizabethan walls of Berwick-upon-Tweed. Berwick Rangers XI play the Flying Dutchmen in their Group F fixture, Britain. Reuters
    The Berwick Charities Cup celebrates it's centenary this year. Matches are played at The Stanks, a pitch at the foot of the Elizabethan walls of Berwick-upon-Tweed. Berwick Rangers XI play the Flying Dutchmen in their Group F fixture, Britain. Reuters
  • Alfonso holds a picture in Nahuala, Guatemala, of Pascual Melvin Guachiac, 13, who died in the trailer of a lorry along with other migrants in San Antonio, Texas. Reuters
    Alfonso holds a picture in Nahuala, Guatemala, of Pascual Melvin Guachiac, 13, who died in the trailer of a lorry along with other migrants in San Antonio, Texas. Reuters
  • Fishermen follow a statue of St Peter being carried on a boat, centre, as part of his feast day procession in the Pacific Ocean, in honour of the Catholic patron saint of fishermen in Pucusana, Peru. AP
    Fishermen follow a statue of St Peter being carried on a boat, centre, as part of his feast day procession in the Pacific Ocean, in honour of the Catholic patron saint of fishermen in Pucusana, Peru. AP
  • Turquoise water is seen in a large melt hole on the top of an iceberg in the Disko bay, Ilulissat, western Greenland, on June 29, 2022. - The icebergs originates from Jakobshavn glacier (Sermeq Kujalleq), the most productive glacier in the Northern Hemisphere. The massive icebergs that detach from the glacier float for years in the waters in front of the fjord before being carried south by ocean currents. (Photo by Odd ANDERSEN / AFP)
    Turquoise water is seen in a large melt hole on the top of an iceberg in the Disko bay, Ilulissat, western Greenland, on June 29, 2022. - The icebergs originates from Jakobshavn glacier (Sermeq Kujalleq), the most productive glacier in the Northern Hemisphere. The massive icebergs that detach from the glacier float for years in the waters in front of the fjord before being carried south by ocean currents. (Photo by Odd ANDERSEN / AFP)

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June 30, 2022

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Ain Dubai in numbers

126: The length in metres of the legs supporting the structure

1 football pitch: The length of each permanent spoke is longer than a professional soccer pitch

16 A380 Airbuses: The equivalent weight of the wheel rim.

9,000 tonnes: The amount of steel used to construct the project.

5 tonnes: The weight of each permanent spoke that is holding the wheel rim in place

192: The amount of cable wires used to create the wheel. They measure a distance of 2,4000km in total, the equivalent of the distance between Dubai and Cairo.

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