Photos: Solar eclipse in UAE and around the world

Residents from all walks of life as well as astronomers and officials across the UAE took precautions to safely watch a partial solar eclipse through filters or on projection screens on Tuesday. Above, people at Al Thuraya Astronomy Centre in Dubai.

Dubai Astronomy Group CEO Hasan Al Hariri said around 150 people turned up at Al Thuraya Astronomy Centre to view the celestial spectacle. Before the viewing, Al Hariri presented a lecture on the phenomena and how to safely watch it. The event was livestreamed on YouTube as well.

The CEO added that participants were provided special glasses to see the eclipse. People also saw the event through a filter in telescopes, one of which was used to project the eclipse onto a paper screen. “This made it possible to combine a photo opportunity and observation in one event,” Al Hariri said.

A partial solar eclipse occurred across several regions of Europe, the Middle East, northern Africa, western Asia, the North Atlantic, and the North Indian Oceans. Above, people witness the partial solar eclipse through eclipse glasses at the Nehru Planetarium, Teen Murti Marg, in New Delhi.

A bird rests on a dome as the moon partially obscures the sun during a partial solar eclipse visible from Lahore.

People are observing a partial solar eclipse in the southern Lebanese city of Tyre. The October 25 partial solar eclipse began over Iceland as the rare celestial spectacle started to make its way east across a swathe of the Northern Hemisphere. The phenomenon began at 0858 GMT and will end off the coast of India at 1302 GMT, crossing parts of Europe, North Africa and the Middle East on its way, according to the IMCCE institute of France's Paris Observatory.

The partial solar eclipse in UAE covered around 39 per cent of the disc of the sun. It lasted for a duration of over two hours, from 2.41pm to 4.54pm, peaking at around 3.51pm.

Solar eclipses occur when the moon comes between the Earth and the sun, casting a shadow on the planet and blocking sunlight, completely or partially.

People wearing protective glasses take a glimpse of a partial solar eclipse from the Givatayim Observatory in Israel's Mediterranean coastal city of Tel Aviv.

UAE residents at Al Thuraya Astronomy Centre in Dubai. 25th October 2022.

An elderly woman smiles while looking through special glasses during a partial solar eclipse in Bucharest, Romania.

People wearing protective glasses and equipment take a glimpse of a partial solar eclipse in Kuwait City.

Students at Baghdad University use telescopes to observe a partial solar eclipse in Iraq's capital.

The moon covers a part of the sun, during a partial solar eclipse in St. Petersburg, Russia.