Brussels Flower Carpet Blossoms on Iconic Grand Place

Brussels Flower Carpet Blossoms on Iconic Grand Place
The installation of the annual flower carpet on the Grand Place in Brussels on Aug. 16, 2018. Nicolas Maeterlinck/AFP/Getty Images
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Belgian flower growers bested the summer’s blistering heat to lay out 500,000 blossoms on the central square of Brussels on Aug. 16, in this year’s edition of the world-famous flower carpet.

As Europe endured one of its hottest summers on record, organizers said they had worried the heat would kill off the flowers but cooler weather offered the event a last-minute reprieve.