Picture taken on November 5, 2008 in Paris of several international newspapers’ frontpages, the day after the victory of Democrat Barack Obama in US presidential election. Obama, 47, will be inaugurated the 44th US president on January 20, 2009, and inherit an economy mired in the worst financial crisis since the 1930s, two wars in Afghanistan and Iraq and a nuclear showdown with Iran. AFP PHOTO JACQUES DEMARTHON
People take photographs of a sand sculpture of U.S. President-elect Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) at Prui beach in eastern Indian November 5, 2008. India hailed the election of Obama as the next U.S. president on Wednesday, saying his “extraordinary journey” to the White House would inspire people not only in his country but around the world. REUTERS/Sanjib Mukherjee (INDA)
A traditional Russian wooden Matryoshka doll with a picture of US Democratic presidential candidate Senator Barack Obama is displayed for sale in central Moscow on November 5, 2008. Democrat Barack Obama swept to victory in a historic presidential election by trouncing adversary John McCain in key battlegrounds and poaching states long-considered Republican bastions. AFP PHOTO / DMITRY KOSTYUKOV
The thinking is similar across Europe: In London, the cover of the Times of London reads, “The new world.” GETTY IMAGES
US Barack Obama’s supporters pose in front of the Eiffel Tower during an official reception on election night on November 4, 2008 in Paris. Millions of US voters flooded polling stations Tuesday, looking to elect front-running Democrat Barack Obama the first black president or hand Republican John McCain a shock comeback win in their historic clash. AFP PHOTO PATRICK KOVARIK
Residents cycle past “I Love Obama’” poster in support US Democratic Presidential candidate Senator Barack Obama in Obama city, western Japan on November 4, 2008. It may not quite be the party planned by Barack Obama’s home city of Chicago, but a Japanese town named Obama is pulling out the stops in the hope its adopted son will win the White House next week. This ancient fishing town of 32,000 people — Obama means “small shore” in Japanese — has been rooting for the Democratic senator from Illinois ever since he became a viable candidate for the American presidency. Voting started in the US presidential election on November 4 when polls opened in the northeastern state of Vermont, a local electoral official told AFP by telephone. AFP PHOTO/Toru YAMANAKA
Local residents and US citizens visiting the city celebrate in front of a map of the United States as Senator Barack Obama advances to win the US Presidential election on 05 November 2008 in Obama city, a fishing port town in Fukui prefecture (state), Japan. City of Obama and its residents are celebrating the Senator Barack Obama’s victory in US Presidential election. EPA/DAI KUROKAWA +++(c) dpa - Bildfunk+++
Obama Girls dance the Hula to celebrate as it is announced on television that Barack Obama has been elected the President of the United States in Obama, western Japan, Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2008. (AP Photo/Itsuo Inouye)
A man celebrates the victory of US presidential candidate Barack Obama in a bar in Moscow early on November 5, 2008. Democrat Barack Obama swept to victory in a historic presidential election by trouncing adversary John McCain in key battlegrounds and poaching states long-considered Republican bastions. AFP PHOTO / MICHAEL ECKELS
Supporters of U.S. President-elect Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) cheer as they monitor the results of the U.S. presidential election in a bar in Jerusalem November 5, 2008. REUTERS/Baz Ratner (JERUSALEM)
People celebrate U.S. President-elect Senator Barack Obama’s (D-IL) historic White House victory in Mombasa November 5, 2008. Kenyans in Obama’s ancestral homeland sang and danced with joy on Wednesday as the Illinois senator they see as one of their own became the first black U.S. president. REUTERS/Joseph Okanga (KENYA)