Girls dressed in Soviet WWII uniforms of traffic control officers as Russian President Vladiimir Putin lays a wreath in the Hall of Military Glory of the Mamayev Kurgan memorial complex commemorating the Battle of Stalingrad to mark the 75th anniversary of the victory in the battle in Volgograd, Russia on February 2, 2018. The battle between Nazi troops and the Soviet Army was a major pivotal moment in the Great Patriotic War and World War II. (Photo by Mikhail Metzel/TASS via Getty Images)

Russian Il-76 military transport aircrafts fly in formation during a rehearsal for the flypast, which marks the 75th anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany in World War Two, in Moscow, Russia on May 4, 2020. The traditional large-scale Victory Day military parade across Red Square was postponed due to the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID 19). (Photo by Maxim Shemetov/Reuters)

A girl dances in front of the digital art installation “Light in Dark” created by teamLab, a collaborative of Japanese digital artists, during a special exhibition of “Shake! Art Exhibition! and Learn and Play! teamLab Future Park” at National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation (or Miraikan) in Tokyo, Japan, 19 January 2015. The exhibition is held through 01 March 2015. (Photo by Kimimasa Mayama/EPA)

Participants make kimchi during an event where soldiers from the US, South Korea and residents collaborated by making the side dish for needy members of the local community in Dongducheon, Gyeonggi Province, about 38 kilometers north of Seoul, on November 22, 2023. Participants produced 2,500 kilograms of fresh kimchi, which was divided into 250 boxes and distributed to needy households in the local community after the event. (Photo by Anthony Wallace/AFP Photo)

Chocolate-lovers have gathered for the first Salon du Chocolat fashion show and festival in Brussels. The festival takes place in 19 cities worldwide, but this year marks the first Salon du Chocolat in Brussels. The main feature of the festival was a fashion show, where chefs and designers collaborated to create chocolate outfits. (Photo by Farrukh Younus/Implausibleblog)

Decorated veterans take part in the Veterans Day parade in honor of the victory over the Nazi Germany, on May 11, 2011 in Jerusalem, Israel. Hundreds of Jewish World War II veterans from the Allied armies, mostly the former Soviet Union, and Israelis took part in the parade. (Photo by Avi Ohayon/GPO via Getty Images)

Artist Vik Muniz is known for his gigantic composite installations and sculptures created from thousands of individual objects. In this new collaboration with artist and MIT researcher Marcelo Coelho, Muniz takes the opposite approach and explores the microscopic with a new series of sandcastles etched onto individual grains of sand.