moment , '' the Guardian gushed in its editorial . Many international newspapers focused on the powerful symbolism and unifying power of the arrival of an African-American U.S. president on the world stage . `` We 're a nation of Christians and Muslims , Jews and Hindus -- and non-believers , '' said the headline on the front of the Times of India , taking a line from Obama 's inaugural address . Japan 's Asahi Shimbun said : `` He is expected to play the leading role in changing the world in which racial and religious confrontations continue to rage in defiance of the ideal expressed in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights . '' `` He is as much symbol as substance , an icon for the youth and a sign of deliverance for an older generation that never believed a man with his skin color would ascend those steps , '' said the International Herald Tribune . But many papers urged Obama to get to work immediately to address the urgent problems already piled up up in his intray . `` This was n't the occasion for his most soaring of speeches . It was instead an
-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Newspaper front pages around the world were unanimous Wednesday in celebrating the momentousness of Barack Obama 's inauguration as U.S. President . Readers browse newspapers Wednesday in the Philippines . `` Let 's rebuild America , '' said the front page of France 's Le Figaro , over a photograph of a smiling Obama swearing the oath of office . `` The Promise , '' said Liberation , hailing the `` United States of Obama . '' `` Remaking America , '' said the Daily Telegraph in the UK -- a theme carried by many other newspapers worldwide -- while the Daily Mirror preferred : `` Reborn in the USA . '' The Sun showed a picture of Obama 's seven-year-old daughter Sasha giving her father the thumbs-up with the headline : `` You 're the Daddy . '' `` At last it was the day , the hour , even the second that millions of Americans , `` and not just Americans , have waited for impatiently ever since November , and in many cases for much longer than that . The crowds in Washington were extraordinary evidence of the momentous public potency of the