In Pictures: Supermoon seen around the world

On Dec 3, people around the world were treated to sightings of a supermoon - a lunar phenomenon that occurs when the moon is at its closest point to Earth.

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Dec 04, 2017, 08:00 AM

The supermoon behind Christmas lights in Marseille, France .
PHOTO: REUTERS

The supermoon rising over the Tokyo Bay, in Japan. PHOTO: EPA-EFE

The supermoon over Beirut, Lebanon. PHOTO: EPA-EFE

Visitors enjoy viewing the supermoon from a gondola of a ferris wheel at an amusement park in Tokyo. PHOTO: EPA-EFE

Visitors enjoy viewing the supermoon from a gondola of a ferris wheel at an amusement park in Tokyo. PHOTO: EPA-EFE

A supermoon dominates the sky while traffic rolls in the streets in Naypyitaw, Myanmar. PHOTO: EPA-EFE

A supermoon behind plants on a balcony of a residential block in Hong Kong. PHOTO: AFP

The supermoon rises over a highway near Yangon. PHOTO: AFP

The supermoon above Bain-de-Bretagne, western France. PHOTO: AFP

The supermoon seen from the University Stadium in the city of Monterrey, Mexico. PHOTO: EPA-EFE

The supermoon near the Buddha statue in Yangon, Myanmar.
PHOTO: EPA-EFE

The supermoon over a building in Netanya, Israel.
PHOTO: AFP

The supermoon seen from Trebons-sur-la-Grasse, southern France.
PHOTO: AFP

The supermoon above the lighthouse of San Maurizio in Brunate, near Como, Italy.
PHOTO: EPA-EFE

People walk along the Puente Nuevo (New Bridge) silhouetted against the supermoon in Ronda, southern Spain.
PHOTO: REUTERS

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