The one year long round the world trip by Solar Impulse 2 has come to an end in the early hours of this morning. The aircraft, that runs only on solar energy, landed in Abu Dhabi completing it’s landmark trip. As it’s the first trip of it’s kinds, it’s become a global news story, here are 7 tweets from around the world that show how the story was covered. 

USA

40,000 km on solar energy: Solar Impulse 2 completes historic flight in Abu Dhabi:https://t.co/XBNm8sIAoY#Aviation #Aircraft @solarimpulse

— SpeedBird (@SpeedBird_NCL) July 26, 2016

France

Solar Impulse 2: “Une grande satisfaction d’avoir fait tous ces voyages sans accidents” @ClercHunter #BourdinDirect pic.twitter.com/x58P0H2wlp

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— RMC (@RMCinfo) July 26, 2016

Philipines

Tech: Solar Impulse 2 completes round-the-world trip on sun power alone: More than a year… https://t.co/IJxVgnwyCs

— The All News Radar (@TheAllRadar) July 26, 2016

Russia

Lenta.ru: Самолет Solar Impulse 2 завершил кругосветное путешествие https://t.co/n4livi7Yzx с помощью @lentaruofficial

— Светлана Ан (@_5793299849811) July 26, 2016

Germany

Das sind good NEWS – eine starke Leistung. Auch als Premium Speaker schätze ich Betrand Piccard https://t.co/VjdzhuVo0Y

— Marc Hubacher (@Huba53Marc) July 26, 2016

Latvia

Laba ziņa: ar Saules enerģiju darbināmais lidaparāts sekmīgi beidzis pasaules apceļošanu: https://t.co/hnRCorsqUD pic.twitter.com/03o9nnwEsJ

— ir (@irLV) July 26, 2016

And last but not least, the UAE

UAE Minister of State says Solar Impulse 2 has inspired the world https://t.co/1XW6V9WMdb

— ARN News Centre (@ARNNewsCentre) July 26, 2016