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In pictures: Stunning Sturgeon Moon lights up the skies

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People around the world have been enjoying the fourth and final supermoon of 2022.

Known as the Sturgeon Moon, it was at its closest point to Earth at 02:36 BST on Friday.

Photographers captured the lunar event alongside stunning landscapes and famous landmarks.

Image source, PETER CZIBORRA/REUTERS
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The supermoon rises near the Shard skyscraper and St Paul's Cathedral in London
Image source, Yui Mok/PA Media
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A plane is seen with the full moon behind, also in London
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The moon glows over the Royal Liver Building in Liverpool
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The Dovercourt Lower Lighthouse in Essex with the supermoon rising behind
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People on the ferris wheel at the International Balloon Fiesta in Bristol with the moon glowing behind
Image source, Valerie GACHE/AFP
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The moon rises above the statue of the Ancient Greek god Poseidon in Ancient Corinth near Athens
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The moon rises over Cape Sounio and the Temple of Poseidon, east of Athens
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Here the moon sinks behind the Hagia Sophia Mosque in Istanbul
Image source, Jane Barlow/PA Media
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The moon shines behind Edinburgh Castle during the Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo fireworks display
Image source, Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images
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The last supermoon of the year rises over Lower Manhattan, New York
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One observer captures the event near the Eiffel Tower in Paris
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The moon rises in the sky behind world's tallest building of Burj Khalifa in Dubai
Image source, NOUREDDINE AHMED/Shutterstock
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The moon shines over Hay El Hidhab, Benarous, Tunisia

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