The annual Perseid meteor shower occurs as Earth passes through the debris trail of Comet 109P/Swift-Tuttle. This celestial event reached its peak overnight, coinciding with a new moon that created perfect conditions for stargazers by minimizing moonlight interference. Witness meteor streaks lighting up the sky at Mount Ramon in the Negev Desert, located near the town of Mitzpe Ramon, Israel, in the early hours of Thursday.

People observed a dazzling meteor streaking across the sky at Visnjan Observatory in Croatia on Wednesday evening.

In North Macedonia, a meteor streaked across the night sky above the Stone Dolls of Kuklica near Kratovo early Thursday.

At the Monument to the Unknown Hero on Mount Avala near Belgrade, Serbia, individuals gathered to marvel at the Perseid meteor shower.

In southern Bosnia-Herzegovina, a meteor streaked across the night sky above the megalithic stone walls of the ancient Illyrian city of Daorson.

From Jacobsdorf, Germany, a meteor with a green tail and the streaks of two satellites were visible during the Perseid meteor shower on Wednesday.

In Malta, a Perseid meteor streaked across the night sky behind St. Mark’s Tower, a 17th-century coastal fortification near the village of Baħar iċ-Ċagħaq.