The Big Picture: Shelter

Barack Obama

Barack Obama helps decorate a shelter for teenagers in Washington as he calls for Americans to come together for the common good, hours before he is sworn in as the first black president in US history, 19 January 2009.

Photo by Joshua Roberts-Pool/Getty Images


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