Women dressed as nuns pose for pictures during Halloween celebrations in the Shibuya district in Tokyo, Japan October 31, 2015. (Photo by Thomas Peter/Reuters)

A West African Slender-snouted Crocodile is pictured in its enclosure at the zoo of Abidjan, Ivory Coast September 9, 2016. (Photo by Luc Gnago/Reuters)

People ride a bus as they travel in Yangon, Myanmar January 14, 2017. Picture taken January 14, 2017. (Photo by Soe Zeya Tun/Reuters)

Construction workers walk past a mural in Phnom Penh on September 6, 2022. (Photo by Tang Chhin Sothy/AFP Photo)

A child holds a gun at the National Rifle Association (NRA) annual convention in Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S., April 15, 2023. (Photo by Evelyn Hockstein/Reuters)

It has taken 3,000 hours and 34 years to make – but the results are incredible. Artist Scott Weaver has created a huge but incredibly detailed model of San Francisco using 100,000 toothpicks. The work entitled Rolling Through the Bay also doubles as a marble run. Ping pong balls dropped on several ramps at the top of the model follow several “tours” through the city. They pass matchstick replicas of sights such as Alcatraz, Fisherman's Wharf, the Golden Gate Bridge and the city's trademark terraced houses on steep hills.

A plume of ash erupts from the Taal volcano in the Philippines on January 13, 2020. Situated on an island in the middle of a lake, it is one of the world's smallest volcanoes and has recorded at least 34 eruptions in the past 450 years. (Photo by Kenji Cheow/Magnus News)

Saint Nicholas poses with students during a traditional parade in central Brussels, Belgium December 3, 2016. (Photo by Yves Herman/Reuters)