By Lizzie Tucker
The partial eclipse as seen in Dakar, Senegal. A solar eclipse happens when the moon passes between the sun and Earth, casting a shadow on Earth that either fully or partially blocks the sun’s light in some areas Photograph: Jérôme Favre/EPA
An eerie view from Terceira Island, Azores, Portugal Photograph: Antonio Araujo/EPA
People gather to watch the partial eclipse in Fuerteventura, Canary Islands, Spain Photograph: Carlos de Saá/EPA
The sun partially eclipsed in Zaragoza, Spain Photograph: Javier Belver/EPA
The view from from Nantes, France. Skygazers across a broad swathe of the northern hemisphere had a chance to see the moon take a bite out of the sun when the partial solar eclipse swept from eastern Canada to Siberia Photograph: Loïc Venance/AFP/Getty
The partial solar eclipse as seen from Berlin, Germany, creating an eerie twilight Photograph: Ralf Hirschberger/AFP/Getty
Visitors to the Sonnenborgh Observatory watch through special glasses in Utrecht in the Netherlands Photograph: Sem van der Wal/ANP/AFP/Getty
The sun partially obscured in Brighton Photograph: Mike Hewitt/Getty
People use protective glasses at Greenwich Observatory in London Photograph: Neil Hall/EPA
Watching the eclipse through a pinhole projector at Greenwich Observatory in London Photograph: Neil Hall/EPA
A partial solar eclipse seen from Warwickshire. The phenomenon occurs when the moon passes between the sun and the Earth. The three aren’t completely aligned, meaning only part of the sun is obscured Photograph: Jacob King/PA
The partial solar eclipse as seen over the Royal Liver building on Liverpool’s waterfront
Photograph: Peter Byrne/PA
The statue of the Danish-Norwegian Lutheran missionary Hans Egede is silhouetted during the partial solar eclipse in Nuuk, Greenland Photograph: Leon Neal/Getty
People wear protective glasses while watching the partial solar eclipse in Halifax, Canada Photograph: Darren Calabrese/AP