Bao Xishun, at 7 feet 9 inches (236cm), meets He Pingping, who is 2 feet 5 inches (73cm).

Renowned French climber Alain Robert, (aka 'Spiderman'), climbs the outside of Abu Dhabi's tallest building with no ropes.

French 'Spiderman' Alain Robert adds Moscow's Federation Tower (Europe's tallest building) to his list of free-climbing conquests.

Following the discovery of the world's tallest man, in 1998, this was 25-inch (65cm)-tall Younis al-Kayed - supposedly the world's smallest.

Doctors in a hospital in China have just discovered that one of their patients is over 8 feet (2.4 meters) tall - making him the world's tallest man.

Some rural Russian spoon-makers have risked starting a cutlery-for-honours scandal by making a giant spoon to give to President Medvedev.

The world's smallest man He Pingping stands next to Svetlana Pankratova and her 1.3 meter legs.

Also featuring the man with the world's biggest feet.