The World Says Thank You To American People For Electing Obama

It's no secret that most countries did not wish for a John McCain presidency. All nations and people worldwide hoped, prayed, wished (begged) for an Obama victory. Time and time again polls showed that Barack Obama was the favourite and if the world could cast a ballot, Barack would have clinched the victory with an even bigger margin! Citizens of the world prayed, volunteered, marched, set up blogs, designed, petitioned and got involved in many ways for Obama. Now, the world is thanking the American people for their choice! Below are a sample of pictures that reflect that gratitude/joy:

Nov. 5: Supporters of United States Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama, celebrate as they watch a TV broadcast predicting his victory in the state of Ohio, during an election party in the U.S. embassy in central London.

Koichi Morii, an Obama citizen, holds Obama fish burgers, which are sold in the city, to celebrate Barack Obama's victory in the U.S. presidential election in Obama, western Japan, Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2008. Obama had been elected the 44th president of the United States and the citizens of Obama were ecstatic. (AP Photo/Itsuo Inouye)

Nov. 5: Neapolitan nativity scene artisan Genni Di Virgilio, in background, puts a crown on his terracotta statuette of American president-elect Barack Obama, next to his wife Michelle (holding a 'Long Live Obama' sign), in his shop in Naples, southern Italy.(Fox News)

Kenyans celebrate the victory of president-elect Barack Obama in the US presidential election, in Nairobi, Wednesday Nov. 5, 2008. Barack Obama's Kenyan relatives and Africans across the continent celebrated his victory Wednesday, staying up all night or waking before dawn to cheer in America's first black president.(AP Photo/Khalil Senosi/Fox News)

An unidentified Iranian man decorates on his shirt with a badge of US President elect Barack Obama, in Tehran, Iran on Wedensday Nov. 5, 2008. Iranians Wednesday welcomed the landslide victory of Democrat Barack Obama as America's first black president. (AP Photo/Hasan Sarbakhshian)

Nov. 5: Members of the al-Basra band play music as they celebrate Barack Obama's U.S. electoral victory, in central Basra, Iraq.(Fox News)

Nov. 5: Indonesian school children react to the announcement that Barack Obama won the election for the U.S. Presidency at Obama's former school in Jakarta, Indonesia.(Fox News)

Indonesians passes a giant poster of U.S. Presidential candidate Barack Obama Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2008 at Obama's former school in Jakarta, Indonesia. (AP Photo/Irwin Fedriansyiah)

Students pose for photographs with a cut-out of President-elect Barack Obama at a function to celebrate the election of the new U.S. President in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2008. (AP Photo/ Mustafa Quraishi)

Nov. 5: A young Chinese girl cheers as she watches a live feed on television of President-elect Barack Obama at a U.S. Presidential election party organized by the U.S. Embassy in Beijing.(Fox News)

People write messages of congratulations for US president-elect Barack Obama at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, DC, on November 7, 2008. Sunken-cheeked, Abraham Lincoln casts a piercing gaze over Washington. A century and a half after his fight against slavery, Americans crowding the marble monument now see his legacy alive in the first black US president elect.(AFP/File/Nicholas Kamm)

South Korean Christians celebrate U.S. President-elect Barack Obama's victory in Busan, about 420 km (262 miles) southeast of Seoul, November 6, 2008. REUTERS/Jo Jung-ho/Yonhap (SOUTH KOREA).(AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

A customer looks at beef on sale at Dahanoo beef shop in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, Nov. 7, 2008. The local shop had decided to give South Korean beef (450 grams) for free to customers who were born in 1961 or has O family names like U.S. President-elect Barack Obama, among those who buy more than US$50. The Korean read: 'Congratulations, President-elect Barack Obama, Free Beef for customers who were born in 1961 or has O family name.' (AP Photo/ Lee Sang-hak, Yonhap)

Messages of congratulations for US President-elect Barack Obama are written on a giant card in front of the Washington Monument in Washington, DC. Obama holds his first post-election meeting with President George W. Bush Monday, promising a civil handover of power even as aides said he seeks to reverse current White House policy on oil drilling and stem cell research. (AFP/File/Nicholas Kamm)