Ocean of emotion

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Party time: Democrats celebrate in Los Angeles. (Keystone/Kevork Djansezian) Keystone

Saviour? (AP Photo/Rob Carr) Keystone

O happy day! (EPA/Mike Theiler) Keystone

Harlem street-trotting. (EPA/Justin Lane) Keystone

Thriller in Manila: a Democrat supporter in the Philippines. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila) Keystone

Seoul man: following developments in South Korea. (AP Photo/Lee Jinman) Keystone

What will Obama's election mean for these Palestinian soldiers in Hebron? (EPA/Abed al Hafiz Hashlamoun) Keystone

Supporters of the Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front, formerly a revolutionary guerrilla organisation, celebrating in San Salvador. (AP Photo/Luis Romero) Keystone

Barracks Obama: US soldiers keep up with events on the Afghan-Pakistan border. (Ap Photo/Rafiq Maqbool) Keystone

Kin's election: Obama's relations celebrate in Kogelo, Kenya. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham) Keystone

A mural in Kogelo, Kenya, showing (from left to right) Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, Barack Obama, Queen Elizabeth II. (AP Photo/Matt Duham) Keystone

Aloha! A victory party in Honolulu, where Obama was born. (Reuters/Hugh Gentry) Reuters

No we can't: John McCain concedes in Phoenix, Arizona, flanked by Sarah Palin (left) and his wife, Cindy. (EPA/Andrew Gombert) Keystone

The Thinker: a disappointed Republican in Phoenix, Arizona, reflects on what might have been. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson) Keystone

That losing feeling: a Republican family during McCain's concession speech in Phoenix, Arizona. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola) Keystone

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Remember, remember, the Fourth of November...

Democrat Barack Obama wrote his name into the pages of American history on November 4, engineering a social and political upheaval to become the country’s first black president-elect in a runaway victory over Republican John McCain.