World set to view solar eclipse

Excited children peered skyward in Ghana today, joining others around the world for a long-anticipated solar show – the first total eclipse in years, which will sweep north-east from Brazil to Mongolia.

Throngs milled around on the beach in Ghana, in West Africa, trading protective eyewear among them to look as the moon moved into position between the earth and the sun. From Ghana to Libya to Syria and beyond, schools closed and streets emptied.