The minaret of a mosque is silhouetted against the longest total solar eclipse of the 21st century on Wednesday morning in Yinchuan, China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region
A partial solar eclipse seen in Yinchuan, China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, at 8:33 am on Wednesday
The Baily's Beads of the solar eclipse is seen in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality, at 9:16 am on Wednesday
Part of the sun peeks out from behind the moon, forming a partial eclipse, seen here in South Korea, during the longest total solar eclipse of the 21st century on Wednesday
The moon almost completely covers the sun, seen here in China's southwest Chongqing Municipality, during the longest total solar eclipse of the 21st century on Wednesday
The moon completely covers the sun, seen here in China's southwest Chongqing Municipality, during the longest total solar eclipse of the 21st century on Wednesday
Indian schoolgirls use solar viewing goggles to view the sun in Siliguri
Vietnamese students and faculties gather around a telescope to watch the solar eclipse at an observatory in the Hanoi National University of Education in Hanoi, Vietnam
A Vietnamese student shows an image of the solar eclipse at an observatory in the Hanoi National University of Education in Vietnam
A woman (C) watches the solar eclipse through a coated glass by the Hoan Kiem Lake in Hanoi, Vietnam
People watch the solar eclipse through an x-ray film at the Nehru Planetarium in New Delhi, India
People take photographs of a reflection of the solar eclipse at the Nehru Planetarium in New Delhi, India
A Chinese couple try out welding screens they bought at a hardware store to view the solar eclipse in Beijing
Tourists and locals look at a partial solar eclipse seen in Yanguan town, Haining City, China
A man, clad in a T-shirt commemorating the total solar eclipse, looks over grey skies at a temporary campsite on Amami Oshima, Japan
A South Korean woman watches the solar eclipse through special sunglasses in Seoul, South Korea
An AFP graphic of the path of July 22's 'Monster' eclipse - the longest total solar eclipse of the 21st century, special for its maximum period of "totality" - when the sun is wholly covered - of 6 minutes 39 seconds
