Barack Obama's re-election was greeted with a mixture of celebration and cautious optimism from world leaders and people across the globe.
Kenyans in Mr Obama's ancestral homeland stayed up all night and danced with joy as America's first black president won a second term in the White House.
Hundreds gathered in his late father's village, and cheers and chants of "Obama, Obama, Obama!" erupted.
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