Photos: People's President

clipped from www.guardian.co.uk clipped from www.guardian.co.uk New York City: Skateboarder Sam Carrera reacts in Times Square after Barack Obama is announced president-elect clipped from www.guardian.co.uk clipped from www.guardian.co.uk clipped from www.guardian.co.uk Paris, France: French supporters celebrate in the city hall of the third district of Paris as Barack Obama is declared the winner of the US presidential election clipped from www.guardian.co.uk clipped from www.guardian.co.uk clipped from www.guardian.co.uk clipped from www.guardian.co.uk Kogelo village, Kenya: Kenyan family members of president-elect Barack Obama celebrate after his victory in the US election was announced. The village is where Obama's step-grandmother lives clipped from www.guardian.co.uk clipped from www.guardian.co.uk Birmingham, Alabama: Barack Obama supporters celebrate his win in the presidential election. Birmingham, with Selma and Montgomery, were touchstones in the civil rights movement where Dr Martin Luther King Jr led massive protests which eventually led to the Voting Rights Act of 1965 clipped from www.guardian.co.uk clipped from www.guardian.co.uk tlanta, Georgia: Christine King Farris, sister of civil-rights leader Martin Luther King Jr, is embraced by Rushie Jones clipped from www.guardian.co.uk New York City: clipped from www.guardian.co.uk Geneva, Switzerland: clipped from www.guardian.co.uk Harlem, New York: US election night victory celebrations around the globe