(CNN) -- Around the world, media reaction to the Democrats' victory has poured in, as newspapers and broadcasters reflect on the Barack Obama campaign and the global impact his win will have. A woman picks up a copy of a newspaper in Sydney, Australia The International Herald Tribune said that America had "leaped" across the color line, calling Obama "a 47-year-old black man who made history both because of his race and in spite of it." The Times of London said Obama had revitalized U.S. politics. "The immense turnout in yesterday's election was testament to the energy, excitement and expectations of a rejuvenated American democracy, as well as the fears of a nation standing at a crossroads of history," the paper said.
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Global media heralds the end of the Bush administration and the dawn of a new age
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China Daily hopes for a "more cooperative and talk-savvy new America"
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Times of India expresses concern that Obama will discourage outsourcing
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Russia's Pravda is ecstatic as "Eight years of hell are over"
The interest the world has taken in @placeholder's vote is the best example of America's soft power, and a lesson in democracy from the world's only superpower.