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  "title": "PHOTOS: Millions gather to watch Europe's first total solar eclipse in decades",
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  "published": "2026-08-12T19:50:17.000Z",
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  "summary": "Millions of people crowded cloudless cities and towns in Spain on Wednesday in search of the best views of a total solar eclipse, when the alignment of the sun, moon and Earth will briefly plunge parts of the planet into darkness.",
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        "outlet": "Punch",
        "title": "PHOTOS: Solar eclipse begins across UK, Europe",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/photos-solar-eclipse-begins-across-uk-europe",
        "published": "2026-08-12T17:58:52.000Z"
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        "outlet": "Forbes",
        "title": "Solar Eclipse Visible From Europe For First Time In 27 Years: Photos",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/solar-eclipse-visible-from-europe-for-first-time-in-27-years-photos",
        "published": "2026-08-12T17:59:09.000Z"
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        "outlet": "The Times of Israel",
        "title": "Excitement sweeps Europe as millions view total solar eclipse",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/excitement-sweeps-europe-as-millions-view-total-solar-eclipse",
        "published": "2026-08-12T20:05:48.000Z"
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        "outlet": "CBS News",
        "title": "Recapping Europe's total solar eclipse, first in nearly 3 decades",
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        "published": "2026-08-12T20:13:00.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "The Sydney Morning Herald",
        "title": "‘Once in a lifetime’: Millions gather in Europe to see first total solar eclipse in decades",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/once-in-a-lifetime-millions-gather-in-europe-to-see-first-total-solar",
        "published": "2026-08-12T20:21:09.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "The Age",
        "title": "‘Once in a lifetime’: Millions gather in Europe to see first total solar eclipse in decades",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/once-in-a-lifetime-millions-gather-in-europe-to-see-first-total-solar-701349",
        "published": "2026-08-12T20:21:09.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "ABC News AU",
        "title": "Europe's first solar eclipse in 27 years in pictures",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/europes-first-solar-eclipse-in-27-years-in-pictures",
        "published": "2026-08-12T21:44:28.000Z"
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