Today in photos
Russian Communists and supporters visit the mausoleum of Lenin at Moscow's Red Square. Seven-time Tour de France champion Lance Armstrong and George Hincapie peddle along with other cyclists during the second stage of the Tour Down Under cycling race in Adelaide, Australia. And President Barack Obama, first lady Michelle Obama, Vice President Joe Biden, his wife Jill Biden, former President Bill Clinton, and Secretary of State nominee Hillary Rodham Clinton attend the inaugural prayer service at Washington National Cathedral in Washington. View a slideshow of these images and more.
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President Barack Obama, first lady Michelle Obama, Vice President Joe Biden, his wife Jill Biden, former President Bill Clinton, and Secretary of State nominee Hillary Rodham Clinton attend the inaugural prayer service at Washington National Cathedral in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2009.
Charles Dharapak Ap
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An U.S. consular staff member wearing a mask depicting President Barack Obama walks past guests at Martin Luther King Jr. Day observation and Obama's Inauguration Day program, which the U.S. Consulate in Shanghai organized Wednesday Jan. 21, 2009 in Shanghai, China.
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Carolyne Aknyi Otieno, 20, with her day old baby at Provincial Hospital in Kisumu, Kenya Wednesday Jan. 21, 2009 . Otieno named her baby "Senator Barack Obama Otieno" to celebrate the inauguration of the first Afro-American President in US history.
Riccardo Gangale Ap
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People read newspapers with headlines on the inauguration of U.S. President Barack Obama as they sit on Pocitos beach in Montevideo, Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2009.
Matilde Campodonico Ap
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Jews sit in the Great Synagogue during a commemoration of those killed across Romania during a revolt led by members of the Iron Guard fascist party between Jan. 21-23, 1941 in Bucharest, Romania, Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2009. About 800,000 Jews lived in Romania before World War II, half of them died during the war or were sent to concentration camps. Only about 6,000 Jews live in Romania at present according to official statistics.
Vadim Ghirda Ap
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Seven-time Tour de France champion Lance Armstrong, second from right, of the U.S. and George Hincapie of the U.S. extreme, right, peddle along with other cyclists during the second stage of the Tour Down Under cycling race in Adelaide, Australia, Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2009.
Ezra Shaw Ap
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The only three leftist parliament members stand in the half-empty National Assembly is seen Wednesday Jan. 21, 2009 in Paris as the opposition boycotted the weekly Questions to the Government session. Leftist parties did not attend the session to protest a governement plan to reform the parliament working procedures. It's the first boycott by a political group since 1974.
Thibault Camus Ap
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A way side vendor displays sandals in the outskirts of Jammu, India, Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2009.
Channi Anand Ap
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A girl studies on the doorway of her house in Dharavi, Asia's largest slum, in Mumbai, India, Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2009. Golden Globes winning 'Slumdog Millionaire', a British-Indian film about a Mumbai slum boy's rise to game-show glory will be released in India in two languages on Jan. 23.
Gautam Singh Ap
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Thai workers of Delhi Metro Rail Corporation cheer as they come out of a Tunnel Boring Machine, after a successful break through on the Central Secretariat-Badarpur corridor section in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2009.The metro network in the city has reduced commuting timings and massive traffic congestion on the capital's roads, which is home to more than 16 million people.
Manish Swarup Ap
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Russian Communists and supporters visit the mausoleum of Lenin at Moscow's Red Square, Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2009. Vladimir Lenin, the father of the Soviet Union died 85 years ago, on Jan. 21, 1924.
Misha Japaridze Ap
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Last year's crop of oak leaves receive a dazzlingly white outline in a layer of morning hoar frost at the edge of a field Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2009 along Benton County Road 80 near Sauk Rapids, Minn.
Kimm Anderson Ap
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Marcelo Pereira of Fort Lauderdale tries to keep Chia, his three-year-old Chihuahua warm in her hooded outfit as he heads out for a morning coffee, in Fort Lauderdale,Fla., on Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2009. Much of the nation was suffering from below-freezing temperatures.
Susan Stocker Ap
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Palestinian men, reflected in a broken mirror, look at the damage in a bedroom of their house, which was occupied by Israeli soldiers during the conflict, in Mughraka, central Gaza strip, Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2009. Israel withdrew the last of its troops from the Gaza Strip before dawn Wednesday, the military said, and pursued diplomatic efforts to stanch the flow of arms into the Hamas-ruled territory. Some 1,300 Palestinians were killed, more than half of them civilians, Gaza health officials and the U.N. have reported.
Ben Curtis Ap