Views from around the world: cartoonists in a dozen countries on the election of Barack Obama.

FRANCE

ONE SMALL STEP FOR MAN ...

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ONE GIANT LEAP FOR MANKIND!

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JIHO * Phosphore & Macadam Journal (Paris)

MEXICO

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ANGEL BOLIGAN * El Universal (Mexico City) * CAGLE CARTOONS

MOROCCO

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DERKAOUI ABDELLAH

CANADA

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TAB (THOMAS BOLDT) * The Calgary Sun (Alberta) * CAGLE CARTOONS

BURKINA FASO

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DAMIEN GLEZ * Journal Du Jeudi (Ouagadougou)

PHEW!

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SCOTLAND

BRIAN ADCOCK * The Scotsman (Edinburgh)

ROMANIA

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PAVEL CONSTANTIN * CAGLE CARTOONS

PHILLIPPINES

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MANNY FRANCISCO * The Manila Times * CAGLE CARTOONS

LEBANON

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STAVRO * Ad-Dabbour (Beirut)

SOUTH AFRICA

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JONATHAN SHAPIRO * Mail * Guardian (Johannesburg)

THAILAND

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STEPHANE PERAY * The Nation (Bangkok)

RUSSIA

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SERGEY ELKIN * Rian (Moscow)