A Paris newsstand displays recent covers of dailies and a poster of a weekly magazine showing U.S. President Barack Obama, Jan. 20, 2009. The inscription on the poster reads: "A President under construction."
Japan
The city of Obama (in Japanese, "little beach") in Fukui prefecture celebrates the inauguration of Barack Obama. Chief priest Shoryu Tamagawa with the Haga-ji temple strikes the bell in honor of the swearing-in of the new U.S. President. Also at the Buddhist temple: "Obama Girls" perform a Hawaiian hula dance.
Kenya
Local villagers celebrate the Obama inauguration with an American family in the western Kenyan village of Kogelo, the village where the new U.S. president's step-grandmother still lives, Sunday, Jan. 18, 2009.
Villagers celebrate in Kogelo, Kenya, Sunday, Jan. 18, 2009, ahead of Barack Obama's inauguration as president.
Americans Abroad
U.S. citizens and Europeans celebrated in cities such as Marseilles (top left) and Berlin (right), at parties organized by Democrats Abroad. In Rome (bottom left), Obama supporters sold T-shirts reading "Rome loves Obama" as they gathered to watch the inauguration.
Russia
Matryoshkas (traditional wooden Russian nesting dolls) depicting Barack Obama are displayed for sale near matryoshkas of Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, top row, second right, in St. Petersburg, Russia, Sunday, Jan. 18, 2009.
Ireland
A banner in the Irish village of Moneygall, County Offaly, celebrates the new U.S. president's family ties to Ireland. Records uncovered in 2007 found Barack Obama's fourth great-grandfather was a shoemaker in the midlands village; his son Fulmuth Kearney left for the U.S. in the 1850s.
China
A tourist walks past a street stall selling a T-shirt depicting President-elect Barack Obama, in Shanghai, China, Monday, Jan. 19, 2009.
Japan
Yasuhiro Someya makes Obama rubber masks at Japanese toy maker Ogawa Studios, Inc., in Saitama, near Tokyo, Japan, Jan. 19, 2009, a day before Barack Obama's inauguration in Washington. The "Obamask" can be yours for $24.
Portugal
The exhibition "The Victory of Obama in the World Press" is seen Monday, Jan. 19, 2009, at the Portuguese Printing Press Museum in Porto, Portugal. The exhibition features 300 front pages of publications issued in the days after Obama's election.
England
A worker at the Birmingham Mint factory in Birmingham, England, holds a commemorative gold-plated coin worth $20, Monday, Jan. 19, 2009. They are being prepared for shipment to the U.S. to commemorate the inauguration of Barack Obama.
Belgium
A banner of President-elect Barack Obama is seen in front of a pro-Palestinian demonstration in Antwerp, Belgium, Sunday, Jan. 18, 2009.
First Day On The Job
Iranian demonstrators carrying a British flag burn a photo of U.S. President Barack Obama during an anti-Israeli, anti-U.S., anti-British protest in front of the former U.S. Embassy in Tehran, Jan. 20, 2009.
Lebanon
A Lebanese leftist protester poses between two anti-U.S. posters of Presidents George W. Bush and President-elect Barack Obama, right, near the U.S. embassy in Aukar, north of Beirut, on Sunday, Jan. 18, 2009. The protestor is holding a shroud-wrapped child's figure, meant to symbolize dead Palestinian civilians.