Solar eclipse – in pictures

The 'ring of fire' silhouettes an oil well in Texas. Photograph: Albert Cesare/AP

A boy watches the partial eclipse in Manila, Philippines. Photograph: Cheryl Ravelo/Reuters

A South Korean astronomy student reacts to the eclipse as it passes over Seoul. Photograph: Lee Jin-man/AP

A multiple exposure showing the progress of the eclipse over Utsunomiya city in Tochigi prefecture, north of Tokyo, Japan Photograph: Jiji Press/AFP/Getty

A composite shows several stages, left to right, as the eclipse passes through annularity and the sun changes color as it approaches sunset in Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona Photograph: David McNew/Getty Images

Watching the eclipse at the Taipei Astronomical Museum. Photograph: Pichi Chuang/Reuters

Eclipse, cloud and windmill in Gardnerville, Nevada. Photograph: Cathleen Allison/AP

Taking time out from business to watch the eclipse in Yokohama, Japan. Photograph: Shuji Kajiyama/AP

The eclipse projected on to a wall to form the date and word 'Taipei' at the Taiwanese capital's Astronomical Museum. Photograph: Pichi Chuang/Reuters

The 'ring of fire' annular solar eclipse as seen from Kanarraville, Utah. Photograph: Robyn Beck/AFP/Getty

People observe the solar eclipse in Chico, California Photograph: Ty Barbou/The Chico Enterprise-Record/AP

The first annular eclipse seen in the US since 1994 wanes to a partial eclipse as the sun sets over the Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona Photograph: David McNew/Getty Images

Children watch the eclipse from Fujisawa, near Tokyo Photograph: Shizuo Kambayashi/AP

Reflections of the eclipse at the National Solar Thermal Test Facility at Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque, New Mexico Photograph: Randy Montoya/AP

Stargazers observe the solar eclipse in Chico, California Photograph: Jason Halley/The Chico Enterprise-Record/AP