The hybrid solar eclipse – in pictures

New York: the partial solar eclipse is seen just after sunrise over the city's borough of Queens Photograph: Stan Honda/AFP/Getty Images

Tenerife: watching the spectacle through eclipse glasses in La Orotava Photograph: Ramon de la Rocha/EPA

Tenerife: the hybrid solar eclipse as seen through clouds Photograph: Desiree Martin/AFP/Getty Images

Estoril, Portugal: a man uses aluminium foil as a filter so he can photograph the eclipse Photograph: Miguel A. Lopes/EPA

Lagos: the eclipse seen in Nigeria Photograph: Akintunde Akinleye/Reuters

Lisbon, Portugal: a boy looks through binoculars fitted with homemade filters outside the city's astronomical observatory Photograph: Armando Franca/AP

Estoril, Portugal: wearing special glasses to view the event Photograph: Miguel A. Lopes/EPA

Turkana, Kenya: the moon blocks the sun seconds before a total solar eclipse at the remote Sibiloi national park Photograph: Noor Khamis/Reuters

Israel: a woman the Givatayim observatory near Tel Aviv watches through a filter as the moon crosses in front of the sun Photograph: Ariel Schalit/AP

Amman, Jordan: children use special glasses to watch the partial solar eclipse Photograph: Xinhua /Landov//Barcroft Media

Turkana, Kenya: members of the Rendile tribe gather in Sibiloi national park before the eclipse Photograph: Carl De Souza/AFP/Getty Images

Amman, Jordan: men shield their faces with specially-constructed cards showing the four-finger symbol of Rabaa – to show their support for ousted Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi – as they observe the eclipse Photograph: Muhammad Hamed/Reuters