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Indelible images from Election Day. A photo gallery.

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Zeboraqh Ball-Paul reacts after a broadcast predicting Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama's victory in an overflow area of Grant Park in Chicago.

Photo: Charles Rex Arbogast / AP
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U.S. President elect Barack Obama gives his victory speech to supporters during an election night gathering in Grant Park in Chicago, Illinois.

Photo: Win McNamee / Getty Images
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Michelle Obama escorts her daughters Malia, 10, and Sasha, 7, off the stage as President-elect Barack Obama begins his victory speech at his election night party at Grant Park in Chicago.

Photo: Pablo Martinez Monsivais / Getty Images
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Rev. Jesse Jackson reacts after projections show that Sen. Barack Obama will be elected to serve as the next President of the United States of America during an election night gathering in Grant Park in Chicago.

Photo: Joe Raedle / Getty Images
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Adam Lempel, left, Stephanie Guyot, center and Andrew Charbin celebrate after hearing President-elect Barack Obama's acceptance speech in Times Square in New York.

Photo: Julie Jacobson / AP
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Republican presidential nominee U.S. Sen. John McCain and wife Cindy arrive onstage to concede victory during his election night rally at the Arizona Biltmore Resort & Spa in Phoenix, Arizona.

Photo: Mark Wilson / Getty Images
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Supporters of President-elect Barack Obama celebrate near the White House in Washington D.C.

Photo: Evan Vucci / AP
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U.S. President-elect Senator Barack Obama arrives to speak to supporters with his wife Michelle (R) and their children Malia (2nd R) and Sasha (2nd L) during his election night rally after being declared the winner of the 2008 U.S. Presidential Campaign in Chicago.

Photo: Gary Hershorn / Reuters
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Vice president-elect Joe Biden holds one his grand-daughters during President-elect Barack Obama's election night party at Grant Park in Chicago.

Photo: M. Spencer Green / AP
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Television personality Oprah Winfrey reacts after projections show that Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) will be elected to serve as the next President of the United States of America during an election night gathering in Grant Park in Chicago.

Photo: Joe Raedle / Getty Images
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Sen. Hillary Clinton smiles and looks toward her husband, former President Bill Clinton, after casting her vote at the Douglas G. Grafflin Elementary School in Chappaqua, N.Y.

Photo: Craig Ruttle / AP
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U.S. President elect Barack Obama (L) and his wife Michelle (2nd L) wave to their supporters along with Vice-President elect Joe Biden (right) and his wife Jill after Obama gave his victory speech during an election night gathering in Grant Park in Chicago.

Photo: Joe Raedle / Getty Images

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