Photos: The World Watches U.S. President Obama’s 2nd Inauguration
January 21, 2013
Steven Healey and Amanda Young, center, embrace as Toia Littlefield, right, watches near the U.S. Capitol building on the National Mall while attending the public Inauguration ceremony on January 21, 2013 in Washington, DC. U.S. President Barack Obama was ceremonially sworn in for his second term today. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)
Parishioners watch as President Barack Obama is inaugurated following the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. holiday commemorative service at the Ebenezer Baptist Church, Monday, Jan. 21, 2013, in Atlanta. The nation honors civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. on Monday, the same day as it celebrates the inauguration of the first black president to his second term. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
Bernice King, center right, and Christine King Farris, center left, the daughter and sister of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., applaud while watching a broadcast as President Barack Obama is inaugurated following the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. holiday commemorative service at the Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta Monday, Jan. 21, 2013. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
Herschelle Adams, of Atlanta, wipes away a tear while watching a broadcast of the inauguration of President Barack Obama following the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. holiday commemorative service at the Ebenezer Baptist Church, Monday, Jan. 21, 2013, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
A man walks on the National Mall before the 57th inauguration ceremonies for U.S. President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden on the West front of the U.S. Capitol, in Washington January 21, 2013. REUTERS/Eric Thayer
People await the start of the inauguration ceremony of the U.S. President Barack Obama on the National Mall in Washington January 21, 2013. REUTERS/Eric Thayer
Spectators wait at the National Mall before the 57th inauguration ceremonies for U.S. President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden on the West front of the U.S. Capitol, in Washington January 21, 2013. REUTERS/Eric Thayer
Ednn Daniels uses binoculars as she and others gather near the U.S. Capitol building on the National Mall for the Inauguration ceremony on January 21, 2013 in Washington, DC. U.S. President Barack Obama will be ceremonially sworn in for his second term today. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
Dorothy Atkinson and others gather near the U.S. Capitol building on the National Mall for the Inauguration ceremony on January 21, 2013 in Washington, DC. U.S. President Barack Obama, will be ceremonially sworn in for his second term today. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
Spectators arrive before the inauguration of U.S. President Barack Obama, in Washington January 21, 2013. REUTERS/Eric Thayer
Tourist watch on a Jumbotron in Times Square in New York as US President Barack Obama (R) takes the oath of office during the 57th Presidential Inauguration ceremonial swearing-in at the US Capitol on January 21, 2013 in Washington, DC. TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP/Getty Images
Black and Latino watch President Barack Obama approach the podium to take the oath of office as the words of a television announcer referencing Martin Luther King Day appear on the screen, in Gardena, California, January 21, 2013. President Barack Obama urged Americans on Monday to reject political "absolutism" and partisan rancor as he kicked off his second term with a call for national unity, setting a pragmatic tone for the daunting challenges he faces over the next four years. REUTERS/David McNew
Black and Latino activists react as President Barack Obama takes the oath of office, in Gardena, California, January 21, 2013. President Barack Obama urged Americans on Monday to reject political "absolutism" and partisan rancor as he kicked off his second term with a call for national unity, setting a pragmatic tone for the daunting challenges he faces over the next four years. REUTERS/David McNew
Eligio Valencia gets a shave and haircut from Essex Jemison at the Hyde Park Hair Salon while President Barack Obama takes the oath of office January 21, 2013 in Chicago, Illinois. Obama would get his hair cut at Hyde Park Hair Salon, which is near his Chicago home, before he was elected to the White House. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)
U.S. citizens react as they watch the live TV telecast of the swearing-in ceremony for U.S President Barack Obama, as they sit inside the U.S. consulate in Mumbai, India, Monday, Jan. 21, 2013. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)
Guests of American Ambassador Philip Murphy, unseen, watch the swearing-in ceremony ofUS President Barack Obama on a television screen at the guest house of the US Embassy in Berlin,†Germany, Monday, Jan. 21, 2013. (AP Photo/dpa, Christian Charisius)
Children from Barakovo's kindergarten pose for a picture next to a life-size cardboard cut-out of US President Barack Obama, inside the village's cultural club on January 21, 2013. The tiny Bulgarian village that says it is a namesake of Barack Obama will be closely following the US President's second inauguration today and is hopeful he will one day come and visit. The residents of the southwestern village of Barakovo, which means "of Barak" in Bulgarian, saw their wish come true in a way last week when the cultural attache of the US embassy in Sofia, Richard Damstra, presented them with a life-size cardboard cutout of Obama. Since then, young and old have come to see "the president" and have their picture taken with him. NIKOLAY DOYCHINOV/AFP/Getty Images
A woman poses for a picture with a card board cutout of U.S. President Barack Obama on the National Mall during the ceremonial swearing-in ceremonies on the West front of the U.S. Capitol in Washington January 21, 2013. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton
A boy listens on the National Mall during the 57th inauguration ceremonies for U.S. President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden on the West front of the U.S. Capitol, in Washington January 21, 2013. REUTERS/Eric Thayer
People attend the 57th Presidential Inauguration on January 21, 2013 in Washington,DC. US President Barack Obama was sworn in for a second term. PAUL J. RICHARDS/AFP/Getty Images
People attend the 57th Presidential Inauguration on January 21, 2013 in Washington,DC. US President Barack Obama was sworn in for a second term. PAUL J. RICHARDS/AFP/Getty Images
A woman listens on the National Mall during the 57th inauguration ceremonies for U.S. President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden on the West front of the U.S. Capitol, in Washington January 21, 2013. REUTERS/Eric Thayer
Vilma Mendez wears a t-shirt in support of the president as black and Latino activists gather to watch President Barack Obama take the oath of office, in Gardena, California, January 21, 2013. Obama urged Americans on Monday to reject political "absolutism" and partisan rancor as he kicked off his second term with a call for national unity, setting a pragmatic tone for the daunting challenges he faces over the next four years. REUTERS/David McNew
War veterans line up as they gather at the US Capitol for the 57th Presidential Inauguration on January 21, 2013 in Washington, DC. JEWEL SAMAD/AFP/Getty Images
People sit on a wall at the National Mall before the 57th inauguration ceremonies for U.S. President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden on the West front of the U.S. Capitol, in Washington January 21, 2013. REUTERS/Eric Thayer
Crowds wait for the start of the presidential inauguration on the West Front of the U.S. Capitol January 21, 2013 in Washington, DC. Barack Obama was re-elected for a second term as President of the United States. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)
People listen to US President Barack Obama speak after taking the oath of office during the 57th Presidential Inauguration ceremonial swearing-in at the US Capitol on January 21, 2013 in Washington, DC. The oath was administered by US Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts. BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP/Getty Images
People lie and sit on the ground as they gather near the U.S. Capitol building on the National Mall for the Inauguration ceremony on January 21, 2013 in Washington, DC. U.S. President Barack Obama will be ceremonially sworn in for his second term today. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
People lie on the ground as they gather near the U.S. Capitol building on the National Mall for the Inauguration ceremony on January 21, 2013 in Washington, DC. U.S. President Barack Obama will be ceremonially sworn in for his second term today. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
Sydney Yochum sits on the shoulders of Luis Lauro Lopez near the U.S. Capitol building on the National Mall as they and others wait for the start of the Inauguration ceremony on January 21, 2013 in Washington, DC. U.S. President Barack Obama will be ceremonially sworn in for his second term today. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
(FRONT L to R) Donica Perez, Shani Perez and Janelle Stewart from Brooklyn celebrate near the U.S. Capitol building on the National Mall while attending the public Inauguration ceremony on January 21, 2013 in Washington, DC. U.S. President Barack Obama was ceremonially sworn in for his second term today. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)
People crowd the National Mall ahead of US President Barack Obama's 57th Presidential Inauguration ceremonial swearing-in at the US Capitol on January 21, 2013 in Washington, DC. The oath will be administered by US Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts, Jr. JEWEL SAMAD/AFP/Getty Images
Myrna Fuentes stands near the U.S. Capitol building on the National Mall as she and others wait for the start of the Inauguration ceremony on January 21, 2013 in Washington, DC. U.S. President Barack Obama will be ceremonially sworn in for his second term today. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
A man wears a jacket on the National Mall during the 57th inauguration ceremonies for U.S. President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden on the West front of the U.S. Capitol, in Washington January 21, 2013. REUTERS/Eric Thayer
People listen as U.S. President Barack Obama speaks during his public swearing in ceremony as they stand on the National Mall during the Inauguration ceremony on January 21, 2013 in Washington, DC. The President was sworn in for second term. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
Quinnette Ellis from Tampa Bay, Florida stands with flags near the U.S. Capitol building on the National Mall after the Inauguration ceremony on January 21, 2013 in Washington, DC. U.S. President Barack Obama was ceremonially sworn in for his second term today. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)
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