In Brief
Supermoon 2017: best photos from around the world

by The Week team
4 Dec 2017

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The blood-red supermoon over Washington D.C on Sunday night

The supermoon glimpsed from behind plants on a balcony of a residential block in Hong Kong

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The moon as seen behind birds perching on electric lines near Yangon, the capital of Myanmar

A plane taking off from Ronald Reagan National Airport in Washington D.C passes in front of the moon as it rises on Sunday night

The moon rises behind the silhouette of the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque in Abu Dhabi

A red moon rises over a building in the Israeli city of Netany

The pink-tinged supermoon rises over a highway near Yangon, Myanmar on Sunday evening