Dundee's V&A Museum has been named the world's best to visit in 2018, despite not opening for another seven months.

The Los Angeles Times ranked the building ahead of attractions in Egypt in Tokyo in its list of "museums to explore" this year.

In the article, the publication said the museum "looks like a stylised ship floating on the River Tay".

Construction work on the building, designed by Japanese architect Kengo Kuma, was finally completed last month.

The £80m museum, which has been in the planning for more than a decade, will open in September with an exhibition charting the history of the world's great ocean liners.

Councillor John Alexander said the museum was already having the intended impact on the city.

He said: "Our city is at the centre of unprecedented global attention as anticipation mounts ahead of the September opening of V&A Dundee.

"This demonstrates the transformational impact it is already having."