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Europeans take in rare total eclipse as sunny holiday hotspots briefly turn to darkness: photos

Nypost · 🇷🇺 public Russia · · 613 words · By Joseph Barberio
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Europeans in select countries woke up from their midday naps and took a break from their summer holidays to catch a view of a rare total solar eclipse on Wednesday.

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What happened

Europeans in select countries woke up from their midday naps and took a break from their summer holidays to catch a view of a rare total solar eclipse on Wednesday.

Why it matters

The eclipse’s path of totality went over parts of northern Russia, Greenland, Iceland, Portugal and then Spain before ending over the Mediterranean Sea, according to NASA.

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1 of 30 The moon partially covering the sun during the solar eclipse seen from Berlin, Germany on Aug.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 6 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “Real Madrid soccer players warming up under a sky darkened by the eclipse in Coruna.”
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The evidence confirms Real Madrid is a soccer club and that Coruna (A Coruña) is a city in Spain, but there is no evidence provided that the players were warming up there during the eclipse.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2007–08 season was Real Madrid Club de Fútbol's 77th season in La Liga. This article lists all matches that the club played in the 2007–08 season, and also shows statistics of the club's players. …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007–08_Real_Madrid_CF_season
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2026–27 season is Real Madrid Club de Fútbol's 123rd season in existence and the club's 96th consecutive season in the top flight of Spanish football. In addition to the domestic league, Real Madr…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026–27_Real_Madrid_CF_season
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Real Club Deportivo de A Coruña (lit. 'Royal Sporting Club of A Coruña'; spelled as Deportivo da Coruña in Galician), also known as Deportivo La Coruña, RC Deportivo or simply as Deportivo, is a Spani…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deportivo_de_A_Coruña
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Claim 2: “Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk taking a photo of the sky on his phone in Warsaw.”
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While evidence confirms Donald Tusk is the Prime Minister of Poland and is based in Warsaw, there is no independent corroboration in the provided evidence that he specifically took a photo of the sky during this eclipse.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Donald Franciszek Tusk (born 22 April 1957) is a Polish politician and historian who has served as the prime minister of Poland since 2023, previously holding the office from 2007 to 2014. Tusk was Pr…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Tusk
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The prime minister of Poland (Polish: premier [ˈprɛmjɛr] ), officially the president of the Council of Ministers (Prezes Rady Ministrów [ˈprɛzɛs ˈradɨ miˈɲistruf]), is the head of the cabinet and the…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Poland
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Third Cabinet of Donald Tusk is the coalition government of Poland headed by Donald Tusk who was officially nominated and confirmed as the Prime Minister of Poland on 11 December 2023 by the membe…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third_Tusk_cabinet
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Claim 3: “The eclipse’s path of totality went over parts of northern Russia, Greenland, Iceland, Portugal and then Spain before ending over the Mediterranean Sea, according to NASA.”
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NASA Science explicitly lists the path of totality as sweeping across Greenland, Iceland, northern Russia, the Atlantic Ocean, Spain, and a small corner of Portugal.
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web search NEUTRAL — Phrasal verb accord with something (Definition of according from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/accordin…
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web search NEUTRAL — Aug 26, 2026 · The meaning of ACCORD is to grant or give especially as appropriate, due, or earned. How to use accord in a sentence. Did you know? Synonym Discussion of Accord.
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/according
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web search NEUTRAL — 6 days ago · Synonyms for ACCORDING: corresponding, coinciding, conforming, agreeing, fitting, consisting, checking, answering; Antonyms of ACCORDING: differing (from), disagreeing (with), contradicti…
https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/according
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Claim 4: “Nuns watching the eclipse at the International Anniversary Pilgrimage in Ourem, Portugal.”
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Multiple sources confirm the event: an Observador report explicitly mentions people watching the eclipse during the International Anniversary Pilgrimage in Ourem, Portugal, on August 12, 2026, and other sources confirm the eclipse's visibility in Portugal on that date.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Częstochowa ( CHEN-stə-KOH-və, Polish: [t͡ʂɛ̃stɔˈxɔva] ) is a city in southern Poland on the Warta with 214,342 inhabitants, making it the thirteenth-largest city in Poland. It is situated in the Sile…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Częstochowa
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Fátima (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈfatimɐ] ) is a city in the municipality of Ourém and district of Santarém in the Oeste e Vale do Tejo Region of Portugal, with 71.29 km2 of area and 13,212 inhabita…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fátima,_Portugal
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Sanctuary of Fátima (Portuguese: Santuário de Fátima), or Shrine of Fátima, also known as Sanctuary of Our Lady of Fátima (Portuguese: Santuário de Nossa Senhora de Fátima), is a group of Catholic…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanctuary_of_Fátima
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Claim 5: “Europeans in select countries woke up from their midday naps and took a break from their summer holidays to catch a view of a rare total solar eclipse on Wednesday.”
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Wikipedia and NASA sources confirm a total solar eclipse occurred on Wednesday, August 12, 2026, and was visible in parts of Europe.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Wednesday is the day of the week in between Tuesday and Thursday. According to international standard ISO 8601, it is the third day of the week. However, in countries that adopt the traditional "Sunda…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wednesday
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Black Wednesday, or the 1992 sterling crisis, was a financial crisis that occurred on 16 September 1992 when the UK Government was forced to withdraw pound sterling (GBP) from the (first) European Exc…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Wednesday
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Sheffield Wednesday Football Club is a professional football club based in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England. The club competes in EFL League One, the third tier of English football, following releg…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheffield_Wednesday_F.C.
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Claim 6: “The moon partially covering the sun during the solar eclipse seen from Berlin, Germany on Aug. 12, 2026.”
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Wikipedia confirms a total solar eclipse occurred on August 12, 2026, and that the partial eclipse was visible over a surrounding region, which would include Berlin, Germany.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Berlin is the capital and largest city of Germany. With 3.7 million inhabitants, it has the highest population within its city limits of any city in the European Union. The city is also one of the sta…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berlin
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Berlin Wall (German: Berliner Mauer, pronounced [bɛʁˌliːnɐ ˈmaʊɐ] ) was a guarded concrete barrier that encircled West Berlin from 1961 to 1989, separating it from East Berlin and the German Democ…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berlin_Wall
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — West Berlin (German: Berlin (West) or West-Berlin, German pronunciation: [ˈvɛstbɛʁˌliːn] ) was a political enclave which comprised the western part of Berlin from 1948 until 1990, during the Cold War.…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Berlin
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