ABU DHABI // The brightest moon in almost 69 years has lit up the sky across the globe.
Here is a collection of some of the best photos from across the UAE and Middle East.
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Updated: November 14, 2016, 12:00 AM
Supermoon rises over the UAE and across the Middle East - in pictures
The supermoon rises over the Dubai skyline next to the world’s tallest tower, Burj Khalifa. Kamran Jebreili / AP Photo
The supermoon hangs over the residential buildings in Dubai Sports City. Pawan Singh / The National
The supermoon rises above the Bahwan mosque in the Omani capital Muscat. Mohammed Mahjoub / AFP
A woman takes a picture of the supermoon as it rises over the desert near Tabuk, some 1,500 kilometers northwest of the Saudi capital Riyad. Mohammed Albuhaisi / AFP
The supermoon shines over the Old city of Jerusalem. Jim Hollander / EPA
The supermoon rises over a mosque’s minaret in Kuwait city, Kuwait. Raed Qutena / EPA
The supermoon rises over the city skyline in Dubai. Kamran Jebreili / AP Photo
A tower crane is silhouetted against the supermoon in Dubai. Kamran Jebreili / AP Photo
The supermoon rises over the Dubai skyline. Kamran Jebreili / AP Photo
The supermoon rises behind the Milad telecommunications tower in the Iranian capital Tehran. Atta Kenare / AFP
The largest moon ince 1948 hangs in the Damascus sky in Syria. Youssef Badawi / EPA
The supermoon sits among the clouds over the Beirut skyline in Lebanon. Nabil Mounzer / EPA