Burj Dubai, the new ‘World’s Tallest Building’, is due to be opened this afternoon. More than 800m (2,625ft) high and clad in 26,000 glass panels, Burj Dubai has 160 floors and more than 500,000 sq m of space for offices and apartments.

Read more current-economic-conditions-especially-in-Dubai-defying stats in the BBC’s full article here.