Giant sandcastle eyes Guinness World Records title
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A giant sandcastle is on display at the sand sculptures festival in Binz on the Baltic Sea island of Ruegen, northeastern Germany, June 5, 2019. (Photos: VCG)
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A team of artists finished work on a 17.66-meter sandcastle on Wednesday in the German resort, breaking the previous world record for the highest sandcastle of 16.68 meters.
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The artists began work on the castle in May with the help of a digger and crane and used more than 11 tons of sand.
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The successful construction marked a turnabout in fortune for organizer Thomas van den Dungen, who tried to break the world record two years ago but ended in tragedy.