Last night, Barack Obama wrapped up the 2012 Democratic National Convention, accepting his party's nomination for president of the United States. He spoke of past successes and the continuing challenges ahead, seeking to frame the election as a choice, rather than a referendum on his first term as president. His address followed days of presentations and speeches by fellow Democrats in Charlotte, North Carolina, where thousands of delegates gathered to give the nomination to the Obama, the incumbent, and his vice president, Joe Biden. Collected below are scenes from Charlotte over the past week. also, you can click here for images from the Republican National Convention, last week in Florida.
The 2012 Democratic National Convention
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Read morePresident Barack Obama waves after his speech at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, North Carolina, on September 6, 2012. #
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Read moreCovered with stickers, Washington state delegate Chris Porter waits in line at a concession stand at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, North Carolina, on September 6, 2012. #
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Read moreU.S. first lady Michelle Obama fist-bumps actor and Obama administration official Kal Penn, the associate director of the White House Office of Public Engagement, as she tours the stage a day before her speech to the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, North Carolina, on September 3, 2012. #
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Read moreA delegate gestures "four more years" during the first day of the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, on September 4, 2012. #
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Read moreOregon delegate Kendra Murray poses with numerous buttons as she attends the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, on September 4, 2012. #
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Read moreFirst lady Michelle Obama addresses the first session of the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, on September 4, 2012. #
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Read moreU.S. President Barack Obama and his daughters Malia (left) and Sasha, watch on television as first lady Michelle Obama delivers her speech at the Democratic National Convention, in the Treaty Room of the White House in Washington, on September 4, 2012. #
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Read moreFirst lady Michelle Obama addresses delegates in Charlotte, North Carolina, on September 4, 2012. #
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Read moreA delegate watches as first lady Michelle Obama addresses the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, on September 4, 2012. #
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Read moreMichelle Obama speaks to the crowd at the Time Warner Cable Arena in Charlotte, on September 4, 2012. #
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Read morePBS production-assistant Meena Ganesan wears a "Hatcam", a Go-Pro camera, a shotgun microphone and a transmitter attached to a plastic hat, as she collects live video reports for the PBS NewsHour at the Time Warner Cable Arena in Charlotte, on September 5, 2012. PBS came up with the idea to equip staffers with the "Hatcam" to collect eye-level live reports at both the Republican and Democratic National Conventions. #
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Read moreDelegates wait for their phones and other electronic devices to be charged up in a hallway during the Democratic National Convention, on September 5, 2012. #
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Read moreDelegates participate during the second session of the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, on September 5, 2012. #
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Read moreA cutout of US President Barack Obama, at a vendor's booth in the American Presidential Experience exhibit, on September 3, 2012 in Charlotte. #
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Read moreMassachusetts Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren speaks during day two of the Democratic National Convention, on September 5, 2012. #
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Read moreA woman cries as Chair of the Congressional Black Caucus, U.S. Rep. Emanuel Cleaver, II, of Missouri, speaks at the Time Warner Cable Arena on September 5, 2012 in Charlotte. #
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Read moreFormer President Bill Clinton waves to the crowd as he arrives to address the second session of the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, on September 5, 2012. #
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Read moreU.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton views Bill Clinton's speech from her stop in Timor Leste. She is in the middle of an Asia trip with stops in the Cook Islands, Indonesia, China, Brunei and Russia's Far East. #
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Read moreFormer President Bill Clinton addresses the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, on September 5, 2012. #
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Read moreFormer President Bill Clinton bows as President Barack Obama walks on stage after Clinton's address to the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, on September 5, 2012. #
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Read morePresident Barack Obama hugs former President Bill Clinton after his speech in Charlotte, on September 5, 2012. #
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Read moreColorado delegate Julia Hicks attends the final session of the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, on September 6, 2012. #
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Read moreRenee Watson of San Antonio, Texas, wears a cowboy hat decorated with campaign buttons in the Time Warner Cable Arena on September 6, 2012 in Charlotte. #
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Read moreDelegates hold up signs reading "Thank You" in the midst of a convention segment on U.S. veterans during the final session of the Democratic National Convention, on September 6, 2012. #
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Read moreA veteran salutes during the final session of the Democratic National Convention, on September 6, 2012. #
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Read moreActress Scarlett Johansson addresses the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, on September 6, 2012. #
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Read moreJoseph Block wears an Obama '08 yarmulke at the Time Warner Cable Arena on September 5, 2012 in Charlotte. #
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Read moreFormer Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm addresses the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, on September 6, 2012. #
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Read moreThe Foo Fighters perform onstage at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, on September 6, 2012. #
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Read moreFormer Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, after reciting the Pledge of Allegiance with Democratic National Committee Chairwoman Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz of Florida, in Charlotte, North Carolina, on September 6, 2012. #
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Read moreDemocratic vice presidential candidate, U.S. Vice President Joe Biden speaks during the final day of the Democratic National Convention, on September 6, 2012. #
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Read morePeople wave American flags as Democratic presidential candidate, U.S. President Barack Obama takes the stage to accept the nomination for president in the Time Warner Cable Arena in Charlotte, on September 6, 2012. #
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Read morePresident Barack Obama addresses the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, on September 6, 2012. #
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Read morePresident Barack Obama accepts the nomination for president on September 6, 2012 in Charlotte, North Carolina. #
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Read moreFirst Lady Michelle Obama looks over at daughters Malia (left) and Sasha (center) as President Barack Obama delivers his acceptance speech in Charlotte, North Carolina, on September 6, 2012. #
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Read morePresident Barack Obama speaks during the final day of the Democratic National Convention, on September 6, 2012. #
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Read moreAn overhead view of President Barack Obama onstage at the Democratic National Convention, on September 6, 2012. #
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Read morePresident Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama hug onstage during the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, on September 6, 2012. #
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Read morePresident Barack Obama celebrates with first lady Michelle Obama after accepting the 2012 U.S Democratic presidential nomination, on September 6, 2012. #
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Read morePresident Barack Obama smiles following his address to the final session of the Democratic National Convention, on September 6, 2012. #
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Read morePresident Barack Obama, first lady Michelle Obama, their children Malia and Sasha, and Vice President Joe Biden and his wife Jill Biden, wave to the crowd in Charlotte, North Carolina, on September 6, 2012. #
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Read moreDemocratic presidential candidate, President Barack Obama and Democratic vice presidential candidate, Vice President Joe Biden, after accepting their nominations on September 6, 2012 in Charlotte, North Carolina. #
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