A total solar eclipse plunged the skies along a swathe of North America into darkness.
The moon completely blocked out the sun for more than four minutes in some places along a path starting in Mexico and crossing through the United States and into Canada.
Here are some of the best pictures and videos from before, during, and after, the spectacular cosmic event.
Image:A total solar eclipse is seen from Mazatlan in Mexico Pic: Reuters
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Image:Mazatlan in Mexico. Pic: Reuters
Image:People watch the partial solar eclipse as they gather on the observation deck of Edge at Hudson Yards in New York. Pic: Reuters
Image:People use their mobile phones as the sky darkens in Mazatlan, Mexico. Pic: AP
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Best moments from the solar eclipse
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‘Oh my God it’s amazing!’
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People react to total eclipse
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Eclipse: How dark did it get?
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‘I think it’s happening!’
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First total eclipse seen in Mexico
Image:People watch the eclipse in Times Square Pic: Reuters
Image:A person watches the start of the eclipse in New York. Pic: Reuters
Image:People use special protective glasses in Mazatlan, Mexico . Pic: Reuters
Image:People dance next to models of the earth, sun and moon at Saluki Stadium in Illinois. Pic: Reuters
Image:Tawhid Rana holds his daughter Thia, as she views the sun at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Pic: AP
Image:Clouds pass in front of the sun in Eagle Pass. Pic: Texas Houston Chronicle/AP
Image:Ximena and Magdalena Govea wait at the Saluki Stadium in Illinois. Pic: Reuters
Image:People prepare their telescopes in Mazatlan, Mexico. Pic: Reuters
Image:Some of the 309 people gathered to break the Guinness World Record for the largest group of people dressed as the sun in Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada. Pic: Reuters
Image:Passengers wear solar eclipse glasses as they get ready to board a plane en route to Detroit, Michigan. Pic: Reuters
Image:Tourists sit by the Horseshoe Falls ahead of the Solar Eclipse. Pic: Reuters
Image:Tamra Sylvester poses with a person dressed as a NASA astronaut during a total eclipse viewing event at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Pic: AP
Image:Special protective glasses placed for people to observe the solar eclipse, in Torreon. Mexico. Pic: Reuters
Image:A person plays a guitar, as people assemble to view the partial solar eclipse over New York. Pic: Reuters
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