The next annual eclipse in June 2020 will be visible to a narrow band from Africa to northern Asia.The moon begins to cover the sun, as seen in Bangkok
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Children uses eclipse glasses to watch a rare solar eclipse central Myanmar
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A view of the partial solar eclipse, in Sanaa, Yemen
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A bird flies past as the moon moves in front of the sun, in Bangkok
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A girl watches a solar eclipse through a foot X-ray as the moon covers the sun in a rare ‘ring of fire’ solar eclipse as seen from Islamabad
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The near total ‘ring of fire’ solar eclipse as seen from the south Indian city of Dindigul in Tamil Nadu
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The eclipse as seen from Bahrain
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