&lt;p&gt;US President Barack Obama paints a bookshelf at a school on January 19, 2013 in Washington DC, as part of the 57th Presidential Inauguration. Obama&#39;s second inauguration, which comes courtesy of an election win over Republican Mitt Romney in November, lacks the hope and history which pulsated through his swearing in as the first black American president in 2009.&lt;/p&gt;