This hard-grafting painter may have climbed the ladder to a career high… but one mistake and it’s a hard fall back to where he started. Labourers put the finishing touches to the Anzhaite Long-span Suspension Bridge in Jishou, Hunan, China, this week, just in time for its opening.

And at 1,102ft up and 3,858ft across the ambitious suspension bridge has become the highest and longest in the world.