Millions of Jews and their friends around the world took a moment on Sunday night to light the first candles of Chanukah 2019/5780.

London's traditional Chanukah in the Square event was attended by hundreds in Trafalgar Square, while similar numbers gathered outside the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin to witness the lighting of Europe's largest menorah.

As in previous years, the world's largest menorah was erected in the United States, towering 11 metres above the streets of New York City.

Fans in Beiter Jerusalem FC's stadium were among those lighting candles in Israel, but astronaut Jessica Meir — and her socks — provided perhaps the greatest spectacle of them all.