PHOTOS FROM THE INAUGURATION

Barack Hussein Obama became the 44th president of the United States Tuesday, and called on Americans to join him in confronting what he described as an economic crisis caused by greed but also “our collective failure to make hard choices.” Read more.

The swearing-in of President Barack Obama

“Choose hope over fear”

George W. Bush and First Lady Laura Bush greet Obama and his wife Michelle
on the North Portico of the White House

Obama and his wife Michelle bid farewell to Reverend Luis Leon outside St. John’s
Episcopal Church (JIM WATSON/AFP/Getty Images)

Crowds fill the National Mall

Magic Johnson, San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom, California Arnold Schwarzenegger,
and Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson stand on the inaugural stage

Director Steven Spielberg sits with wife Kate Capshaw

Elie Wiesel arrives

Rep. Charles Rangel (D-NY) and other members of congress arrive on the inaugural
stage