Photographs: Thomas Mukoya/Reuters
No doubt Barack Obama overcame deep doubts among voters about his handling of the American economy as he scored a clear victory over Republican challenger Mitt Romney on Tuesday. However, celebrations to mark his remarkable comeback were not limited to United States alone.
Rediff.com presents a collection of photographs to show how people rejoiced Obama's victory across the world.
Sarah Hussein Obama, grandmother to US President Barack Obama, laughs as she addresses a news conference as she celebrates his re-election in his ancestral village of Nyangoma Kogelo, 430 km west of Kenya's capital Nairobi.
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WORLD celebrates Barack Obama's triumph!
Photographs: Noor Khamis/Reuters
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WORLD celebrates Barack Obama's triumph!
Photographs: Thomas Peter/Reuters
A woman kisses a man wearing a mask of US President Barack Obama during the US election night at the representation of the Bertelsmann media cooperation in Berlin, Germany, on Tuesday.
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WORLD celebrates Barack Obama's triumph!
Photographs: Thomas Mukoya/Reuters
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WORLD celebrates Barack Obama's triumph!
Photographs: Joaquin Sarmiento/Reuters
People wait in line before voting in a symbolic election organised by attorney and former mayor of the town of Turbaco Silvio Carrasquilla, who is known as Barack Obama's number one fan, in front of his house in Turbaco, Bolivar province, Colombia on Tuesday.
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WORLD celebrates Barack Obama's triumph!
Photographs: Neil Hall/Reuters
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WORLD celebrates Barack Obama's triumph!
Photographs: Enny Nuraheni/Reuters
Students at State Elementary School Menteng 01 in Jakarta, where US President Barack Obama studied from 1970-1971, cheer in support of Obama while watching TV coverage of the presidential election.
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WORLD celebrates Barack Obama's triumph!
Photographs: Enny Nuraheni/Reuters
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WORLD celebrates Barack Obama's triumph!
Photographs: Neil Hall/Reuters
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WORLD celebrates Barack Obama's triumph!
Photographs: Neil Hall/Reuters
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WORLD celebrates Barack Obama's triumph!
Photographs: Neil Hall/Reuters
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WORLD celebrates Barack Obama's triumph!
Photographs: David Gray/Reuters
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WORLD celebrates Barack Obama's triumph!
Photographs: Yuriko Nakao/Reuters
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WORLD celebrates Barack Obama's triumph!
Photographs: Neil Hall/Reuters
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WORLD celebrates Barack Obama's triumph!
Photographs: Kim Hong-Ji/Reuters
People gather to watch the 2012 presidential election during a "US Election Watch" event hosted by the US embassy at a hotel in Seoul, South Korea.
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WORLD celebrates Barack Obama's triumph!
Photographs: Reuters
Sand artist Sudarshan Patnaik gives final touches to a sand sculpture of US President Barack Obama on a beach at Puri, in Odisha, on Wednesday.
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