It didn't actually say it can be viewed around the world simultaneously, just that it can be viewed from around the world.

The article said 4 different continents.

Yeah I was trying to work it out in my head before I realized it’s just not possible. The headline had me so confused because I read it half asleep and was just imagining the world sort of unfolding into a flat plane just to awe at this spectacle.

Yeah, these journalists need to not be allowed to use such vague terms to their advantage. Every year there’s eclipses and events and every year the same article, “the last one for a decade, the only chance for 40 years.” But somehow they keep saying that by twisting words and events to appear to be once in a lifetime, every time.

I also do not like the use of their Entire Planet garbage, and the article then describes how many continents it can be seen on but not where on those massive land masses. Unless the consider a daytime eclipse that you can’t see as counting… but they left out Antarctica so their “Entire Planet” headline should be illegal and they should be sentenced to public shaming or getting urinated on.