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In pictures: Saturday's partial solar eclipse

Partial eclipse darkens sky over UK and abroad

A partial eclipse of the Sun took place on Saturday morning.

Pictures from across the world - from the UK to Spain, from Greenland to Senegal - show the progress of the Moon as it moved between the Earth and the Sun.

Depending where you are, the partial eclipse looked as if the Moon was taking a nibble or a gigantic bite out of the Sun.

BBCWeatherWatchers/Hang Ross View of the partial eclipse from Lyndhurst village in Hampshire, showing the Moon as it passes in front of the Sun BBCWeatherWatchers/Hang Ross
As it happened: a composite of the phases of the partial eclipse from Lyndhurst in Hampshire
BBCWeatherWatchers/Monks Risborough View of the Sun partly eclipsed by the Moon from Monks Risborough in BuckinghamshireBBCWeatherWatchers/Monks Risborough
An extraordinarily clear view of the Sun partly eclipsed by the Moon from Monks Risborough in Buckinghamshire
Getty Images Man and girl sitting on a bench use eye protection to watch the partial eclipse in Keele, StaffordshireGetty Images
People in Keele, Staffordshire, used eye protection to look at the partial eclipse
John Ward The Moon edges across the Sun as a plane appears in the foreground in this image from Windsor John Ward
The Moon edges across the Sun as a plane appears in the foreground in this image from Windsor in Berkshire
EPA Skygazers use a telescope at the Teide Observatory in Spain's Tenerife EPA
Skygazers use a specially-calibrated telescope at the Teide Observatory in Spain's Tenerife
PA Wire The partial solar eclipse as seen over The Royal Liver Building on Liverpool's waterfront. PA Wire
Liverpool's Liver Bird is seen against a backdrop of the partial eclipse
Paul Cook The partial eclipse is glimpsed through tree branches in this image taken at Framlingham Castle in SuffolkPaul Cook
The partial eclipse is glimpsed through tree branches in this image taken at Framlingham Castle in Suffolk
BBCWeatherWatchers/RoyC Image from Weston-super-Mare shows the partial eclipse against a clear blue skyBBCWeatherWatchers/RoyC
A view from Weston-super-Mare shows the partial eclipse against a clear blue sky
EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock An image of the partial solar eclipse in Dakar, SenegalEPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock
The partial solar eclipse as seen from Dakar in Senegal
Getty Images Statue of Dano-Norwegian Lutheran missionary Hans Egede is silhouetted during a partial solar eclipse in Nuuk, Greenland Getty Images
The Moon covers much of the Sun in this view of the partial eclipse from Greenland