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Inauguration Day around the world January 20, 2009
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Kenyans react as U.S. President Barack Obama appears on a large screen, as thousands of people gather to watch the U.S. Presidential inauguration ceremony taking place in Washington D.C., in Nairobi, Kenya, Tuesday. Across Kenya, neighbors divided by political violence only a year ago came together Tuesday to celebrate the U.S. presidential inauguration of Kenya's favorite son, Barack Obama.
Kenyans remove shoes to throw as they see images of George Bush on a large screen as thousands of people gathered to watch the inauguration ceremony of President Barack Obama on TV live from Washington, in Nairobi, Kenya, Tuesday.
People from the Democrats Abroad group in Marseille, southern France, watch a televised broadcast of Barack Obama being sworn in as the 44th President of the United States of America.
People watch a big television screen broadcasting Barack Obama being sworn in as the 44th President of the United States of America on the West Front of the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2009 during a ceremony at the Paris town hall.
A woman waves the "Betsy Ross Flag", the first flag of the United States, bearing 13 stars, that was used between 1777 and 1795, as people watch during a ceremony at the Paris town hall, a big television screen broadcasting Barack Obama being sworn in as the 44th President of the United States of America on Tuesday.
Cecilia Perez, center, watches the inauguration of U.S. President Barak Obama with Oscar Rodriguez at her taco stand in Mexico City, Jan. 20, 2009. Perez has two brothers working in the United States
US soldiers observe a minute of silence during Barak Obama’s inauguration ceremony at the US camp Phoenix base in Kabul, Afghanistan on Tuesday.
Members of Iraq's black community in Basra, Iraq's second-largest city, 550 kilometers (340 miles) southeast of Baghdad, Iraq, celebrate a few hours before the inauguration of U.S. President Barack Obama Tuesday.
Jordanian protesters throw their shoes at a huge photograph of George W. Bush during a symbolic farewell to former U.S. President George W. Bush as the inauguration of new U.S. President Barack Obama took place in Washington, in Amman, Jordan, Tuesday. Dozens of activists gathered to throw shoes at a large photograph of George W. Bush, recalling Iraqi journalist Muntadhar al-Zeidi who threw his shoes at President George W. Bush during a visit to Iraq.
A woman watches the U.S. President Barack Obama's inaugural address on a large screen during a gathering of Democrats in Spain at a hotel in Madrid, on Tuesday.
Citizens of Turkey and America cheer as they watch the inauguration ceremony of U.S. President Barack Obama in Washington at a Istanbul bar Tuesday.
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