Suez canal drama – and a tiny bulldozer – inspire wave of memes

Big ship getting stuck in a too-narrow waterway has spawned invocations of poetry, the pandemic and Austin Powers

• Report: race to free stuck ship enters third day

It is the David and Goliath story of our times: one of biggest container ships in the world got stuck in the Suez canal, blocking a route through which 12% of the world's trade passes - and sent to rescue it was a very small bulldozer.

2 guys and a bulldozer on site to dislodge a ship stuck in the Suez Canal. pic.twitter.com/APAIU7sCv6