Hundreds of weavers in Iran have spent months making what’s thought to be the largest handmade carpet in the world. The massive red, green and cream carpet is bigger than a football pitch and took 38 tonnes of wool and cotton to make with more than two billion knots. It’s been created for a mosque in the United Arab Emirates and is thought to be worth

£2.8 million. The carpet is so big it’s had to be made in nine pieces, to be stitched together when they arrive in Abu Dhabi.