On a Belgium beach, sand carvers worked on a sculpture ahead of the opening of the world’s biggest sand sculpture festival, “Sand Magic,” in Ostend on Saturday. /VCG Photo

This event is recognized by the Guinness Book of Records as the world’s biggest sand sculpture festival. There are 34 international artists spending four weeks to create the pieces with 6,000 tons of sand. /VCG Photo

There are more than 150 sand sculptures inspired by Disney, Pixar, Marvel and Star Wars films for the festival, which opens on Saturday until September. /VCG Photo

Some of the sand sculptures are several meters high, which include famous characters such as Daffy Duck, Yoda and Bruce and the grinning great white shark from “Finding Nemo.” /VCG Photo