Yesterday's rare astronomical phenomenon appeared in North America, Africa and Europe, allowing people to observe a partial and total solar eclipse.

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Real Japan first appeared in the US on the morning of November 3 (local time), then moved east through the Atlantic and Africa.(Photo: EPA)

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Partial eclipse appeared in Norfolk, Virginia, USA.(Photo: Space)

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Solar eclipse occurs when the moon lies between the earth and the sun while moving, and obscures all or part of the sun.The eclipse image is partly observed in Spain.(Photo: EPA)

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Many people in Lisbon, Portugal, use a special type of glasses to observe a solar eclipse.(Photo: EPA)

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A man is recording a total solar eclipse scan through Portugal.(Photo: EPA)

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A solar eclipse is observed from Jerusalem temple, Israel.(Photo: EPA)

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Partial eclipse was observed from Sidon, southern Lebanon.(Photo: EPA)

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NASA called this phenomenon a solar eclipse , an intermediate type of solar eclipse and annular eclipse.At some point it can be observed that the total solar eclipse while in other places it is an annular eclipse.(Photo: EPA)

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Total eclipse is observed in some African countries, most clearly in Sibiloi national park, Kenya.(Photo: AP)

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Moon image eating the sun when viewed from Nairobi, Kenya.(Photo: AP)

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People in Uganda observe a total solar eclipse that sweeps through some African countries.(Photo: EPA)