Space

Moon shadow: As millions of people across the United States experienced a total eclipse as the umbra, or moons shadow passed over them, only six people witnessed the umbra from space. (NASAs astronauts Randy Bresnik, Jack Fischer and Peggy Whitson, and ESAs Paolo Nespoli, and Roscosmos Commander Fyodor Yurchikhin and Sergey Ryazanskiy).

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Dezhou, China

Robots give a dance performance during a robotics contest in Shandong province.

Photo: China Stringer Network/Reuters

London, UK

Flower power: a man drives an elaborately decorated Saab through Oxford Circus.

Photo: John Walton/PA

Volgograd, Russia

A man sunbathes on the bank of the Volga river.

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Amritsar, India

A member of the Nihang, the Sikh warrior order, holds a flaming cube on his tongue during a procession marking the 413th anniversary of the installation of the Guru Granth Sahib at the Golden Temple.

Photo: Narinder Nanu/AFP/Getty Images

Santa Monica, California, US

Fitness instructor Darren Gumbs works out on the beach wearing a bodysuit showing the human muscular system.

Photo: Jae C. Hong/AP

New York City, US

A man dressed as the Statue of Liberty watches a partial solar eclipse.

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