And the world watched... (pic heavy)

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A woman watches on television the inauguration of President Barack Obama in Puerto Tejada, Colombia, Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2009. Descendants of African slaves had the day off in this town of mostly sugar cane cutting workers, in Colombia's Cauca valley, to celebrate Obama's inauguration.
(AP Photo/Christian Escobar Mora)


Cecilia Perez, center, watches the inauguration of U.S. President Barack Obama with Oscar Rodriguez at her taco stand in Mexico City, Jan. 20, 2009. Perez has two brothers working in the United States.
(AP Photo/Gregory Bull)


US soldiers observe a minute of silence during Barack Obama’s inauguration …
(AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq)


US soldiers celebrate the inauguration of Barack Obama, as the 44th president of the United States at the US camp Phoenix base in Kabul, Afghanistan on Tuesday Jan. 20, 2009.
(AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq)


An American child watches US President Barack Obama during the inauguration ceremony from a giant screen at a hotel in Jakarta January 20, 2009.
REUTERS/Beawiharta (INDONESIA)


People hold hands to celebrate the inauguration of Barack Obama as the new president of the U.S. in Puerto Tejada, Colombia, Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2009. Descendants of African slaves had the day off in this town of mostly sugar cane cutting workers, in Colombia's Cauca valley, to celebrate Obama's inauguration.
(AP Photo/Christian Escobar Mora)


Iraqi members of the "Movement of Free Iraqis", a political party formed by the black descendants of African slaves, listen to their secretary Jalal Dhiab, delivering a speech during a gathering in the southern Iraqi oil city of Basra to watch the inauguration of Barack Obama as the first black US president.
(AFP/Essam -al-Sudani)


Foreigners react as they watch Barack Obama speaking during his inauguration ceremony as the 44th U. S. President on a large video screen at a cafe in Istanbul, Turkey, Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2009.
(AP Photo/Ibrahim Usta)


Residents watch the inauguration of President Barack Obama in Rio de Janeiro, Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2009.
(AP Photo/ Ricardo Moraes)


Residents watch on television the inauguration of U.S. President Barack Obama in Kerbala, 80 km (50 miles) southwest of Baghdad January 20, 2009.
REUTERS/Mushtaq Muhammed (IRAQ)


People in the Polish capital watch Barack Obama's inauguration as 44th president of the United States on television at a bar in downtown Warsaw, Poland, Tuesday, Jan.


A child with Obama's name painted on her face seen at a mock inauguration party, held in Kisumu, Kenya, Tuesday Jan. 20, 2009 to celebrate the inauguration of American President elect Barack Obama in Washington DC.The election of a black American president stands as a powerful symbol of unity on this continent, where many countries are still riven between competing ethnic groups and the older generations still remember the injustices of colonialism.
(AP Photo/Riccardo Gangale)


A man watches U.S. President Barack Obama's inauguration on a large television screen at the Barack Obama Nyang'oma Kogelo Primary School, 430 km (267 miles) west of Kenya's capital Nairobi, January 20, 2009.
REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya (KENYA)


Supporters cheer as they watch the televised inauguration speech of U.S. President Barack Obama, at a bar in central London January 20, 2009.