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Times Square


Residents of Kibera, one of the poorest quarters in Nairobi gather to watch the inauguration


Paris town hall


a cafe in the Shiite stronghold of Sadr City in Baghdad


soldiers watch the U.S. presidential inauguration via a webcast from Combat Outpost Keating in eastern Afghanistan


taco stand in Mexico City


Nyang'oma Kogelo, the Kenyan village where 44th US President Barack Obama's father was born





US Army Command Sgt. Maj. Julia Kelley, left, of the 229th Brigade Support Battalion, 2nd Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, weeps as she watches the inauguration of US President Barack Obama at Camp Liberty in Baghdad




a Vietnam Army veteran, cheers as he watches Barack Obama be inaugurated as president


Vertie Hodge, 74, weeps







Bosnian Muslims



a restaurant in Kabul, Afghanistan


the grounds of the University of Nairobi


40 years after their silent protest at the 1968 Olympics, Gold Medalist Tommie Smith hugs Bronze Medalist John Carlos, and their wives Delois Smith and Charlene