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In Kogelo, Kenya, the hometown of president-elect Barack Obama's father, Barack Obama, Sr., the legacy of the incoming U.S. president is clearly evident.

An image of president-elect Barack Obama on the back of a bus in Kisumu, Kenya, the country's third largest city.

On the day of the inauguration of U.S. president-elect Barack Obama, a child's face is decorated where celebrations are taking place at the Jomo Kenyatta Sportsground in Kisumu, Kenya.

'Mama Sarah' Obama, the paternal grandmother of U.S. president-elect Barack Obama, serves a US-flag-decorated cake that was brought to her by one of her many visitors at her home in Kogelo, Kenya, the hometown of the incoming president's father,…

Kogelo residents dance in celebration of the inauguration of Barack Obama at the Senator Barack Obama Secondary School in Kogelo, Kenya, where the incoming US president has roots. Following the election of Barack Obama as the U.S. president, more…

Summary: Thousands of miles from Washington, DC, Kenyans celebrate the incoming U.S. presidency of Barack Obama. Kenyans, particularly from this village where the president's father was born, symbolically claim the new US president as their own…

Her dollhouse's ghostly image will be all that's left in Kaylee Carter's room after her parents and Grandma pack their home's belongings to move from Lindytown, WV. Massey Energy recently bought out the town to make way for its mountaintop removal…

The town of Lindytown, WV, sits vacant as homes once filled with families who had been there for generations are boarded upÊafter the buyout byÊthe coal company working on a mountaintop mine right above. This once close-knit rural community is now…

Josh's father, Kenny, leans over his son's casket. Josh passed away after his fight with kidney cancer at the age of 22.ÊA high number of residents of Prenter, WV, have died or become seriously ill and many believe it is related to their water…

Tree seedlings grow into a rocky ground that have recently been planted for reclamation on a mountaintop removal site in eastern Kentucky. Because the rich topsoil on which trees and native plants once thrived has been scraped off during the mining,…