The tallest and shortest men in the world have met in London for the tenth annual Guinness World Records Day.

Sultan Kosen, a 31-year-old Turk who is 2.51 metres tall, and 74-year-old Chandra Bahadur Dangi, from Nepal, who measures 54.6 centimetres, both in the Guinness Book of Records, met at St Thomas Hospital and took pictures outside Big Ben.

The giant Turk, who also holds the world record for the largest hand (28.5 cm), has held the record since 2009, while the small Nepalese has held it since 2012.

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