On this day...

Obama's first day in his new job started with the traditional Inaugural prayer service at the National Cathedral in Washington, where 'He's got the whole world in his hands' was one of the numbers performed by the Children's Choir.

Below is a selection of far-and-wide front pages as images of the 44th US President's inauguration resonated across the globe in the last 24 hours.


Kathimerini (Athens, Greece)


Folha de Sao Paulo (Brazil)


Asahi Shimbun (Tokyo, Japan)


An Nahar (Beirut, Lebanon)

See Newseum and the Newsdesigner blog for daily front pages from all over the world.