Election 2008: The world watches

A man puts up a poster advertising an “Obama party” at a bar in London.  (Carl de Souza AFP/Getty Images)

Joe and Julia Hayes stand in front of their pub in Moneygall, Ireland, the ancestral home of Barack Obama. Townspeople have taken a keen interest in the U.S. elections.  (Peter Morrison / Associated Press)

Newspapers headlining the U.S. election are seen at a newsstand in Paris.  (Jacques Brinon / Associated Press)

The inscription “Amerika waehlt” (America votes) is projected on the front of the Bertelsmann building in Berlin, the site of a U.S. election party.  (Axwl Schmidt AFP/Getty Images)

A man at a newspaper stall in Baghdad reads headlines concerning the U.S. election.  (Sabah Arar AFP/Getty Images)

Newspapers in Tel Aviv headline the U.S. presidential election.  (David Silverman / Getty Images)

An man displays the cover of the Jerusalem Post featuring news of the U.S. presidential election.  (Menahem Kahana AFP/Getty Images)

Palestinian security force members in the West Bank city of Hebron watch a TV newscast on the U.S. election.  (Abed Al Hafiz Hashlamoun / EPA)

A man at a newsstand in Beirut reads a newspaper featuring pictures of U.S. presidential candidates John McCain and Barack Obama.  (Foseph Barrak AFP/Getty Images)

A magazine featuring pictures of U.S. presidential candidates Barack Obama and John McCain is displayed at a roadside newspaper stall in Hyderabad, Pakistan.  (Nadeem Khawer / EPA)

People in Kogelo, Kenya, sit near a painting featuring Barack Obama during a gathering in honor of the U.S. presidential candidate. The village is where Obama’s grandmother lives.  (Matt Dunham / Associated Press)

Boys look at a painting featuring Barack Obama among other world leaders during a gathering in honor of the U.S. presidential candidate in Kogelo, Kenya, the home of Obama’s grandmother. Africans organized all-night parties to watch the U.S. election results.  (Matt Dunham / Associated Press)