President Barack Obama's inauguration
President Barack Obama's inauguration at the historic National Mall for his oath-taking for a second term.
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President Barack Obama's inaugurationBarack Obama was publicly sworn in Monday for a second term as US president, again shouldering the power and burdens of office in testing times, before a flag-waving crowd of hundreds of thousands. Image courtesy: AFP -
President Barack Obama's inaugurationObama raised his right hand and rested his left on Bibles once owned by Martin Luther King and Abraham Lincoln, on an outdoor platform set on the West Front of the US Capitol building and below its elegant white dome. Image courtesy: AFP -
President Barack Obama's inaugurationThe president was earlier announced with a peal of trumpets and walked down the steps from the iconic building to a huge cheers of "Obama, Obama" from a vast crowd stretching into the distance down the National Mall below. Image courtesy: AFP -
President Barack Obama's inaugurationThe president and Michelle Obama started the morning at a church service at St. John's Episcopal Church, just across Lafayette Square from the White House. Vice President Joe Biden and his wife, Jill Biden, joined the first couple at the service. Image courtesy: AFP -
President Barack Obama's inaugurationBundled-up Obama supporters trekked into town to join snaking lines for Secret Service checkpoints guarding a steel-fenced secure zone around the White House and the inaugural parade route. Image courtesy: AFP
