Solar eclipse creeps across Earth

Millions of people in the UK and northern Europe are witnessing the best solar eclipse in years.
In a solar eclipse, a swathe of the Earth is plunged into darkness as the Moon comes between us and the Sun.
This process began at 07:41 GMT and the deepest part of the Moon's shadow touched the Earth's surface at 09:13 GMT. In the UK the darkness peaked at about 09:35.

Experts are warning people not to look directly at the phenomenon.
This is because even during the eclipse, looking directly at the Sun causes serious harm - but there are ways to watch the eclipse safely and many people are looking for a chance to do so.
Within the UK, those opportunities are heavily dependent on the cloud cover that currently shrouds much of the country.
But from an aeroplane above the Faroe Islands, a BBC camera captured the eclipse reaching totality at 09:41 GMT.