Sunday newspapers around the world expressed great satisfaction with the victory of Joe Biden in the US presidential election, and referred to Donald Trump's "exit without dignity", but at the same time they expressed concern about the arduous task that awaits the new president and his deputy, Kamala Harris.
The British newspaper "The Independent" titled "A New Dawn for America", citing the success of Harris, the first woman to become Vice President in the United States.
The fate of relations with Iran
In the Middle East, the Saudi "Okaz website" questioned the repercussions of this change in the White House on the region, especially relations with Iran, the archenemy of both Riyadh and Trump.
The Saudi daily Al-Sharq Al-Awsat reported that Trump's current mandate has strengthened the axis of Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Egypt and Bahrain against Iran.
In Cairo, the government daily Al-Akhbar believed that the elections were marred by "violations," and said, "It is time for America to stop giving us lessons in democracy."
The "Sunday Times" newspaper wrote sarcastically about the adjective Trump called Biden during the election campaign "sleepy atmosphere," and echoed Biden's words, "It is time for America to recover," saying that the sleepy atmosphere woke up the world.
Votes are numbered and so are Trump days
The left-wing German newspaper Sueddeutsche Zeitung wrote: "Liberation, any rest! Voices are numbered, so are Trump's days. Joe Biden inherits a heavy burden like none of his predecessors: He must unite America."
Australian public broadcaster ABC said, "During nearly 5 decades of his public life, few people believed Biden could succeed, and his three previous attempts to reach the White House were considered unreliable, but he always seemed to believe in himself." And now he is the new president of America. "
End of 4 years to rule an eccentric
The Sunday Times, which is widely distributed in South Africa, wrote that Biden had put an end to the four years of Donald Trump's eccentric rule.
The German newspaper "Die Zeit" considered that the task awaiting the Democratic president and his deputy is enormous, saying, "Biden will have to quickly find answers to the threats to the economy and the grave danger of the epidemic, adding" that he can, on his own, reconcile the country is unlikely, and accept Trump Defeat is out of the question.
We are not done with the fear of democracy. "
As for the largest liberal Swedish daily, Dagens Nehter, it considered Biden's victory "bittersweet," explaining that "Biden will fight for America's recovery and his promise to return the country to normal seems an impossible task."
She added that Biden managed to restore the "Rust Belt" voters in the northeast who previously voted for Trump and helped the party win new votes in the Southwest, which could change the electoral geography of the United States in the foreseeable future.
Sunday Times South Africa: 4 years of eccentric rule have ended (Agencies)
Colossal task
The conservative Swedish newspaper Svenska Dagbladet also indicated that the elections are over but the conflict continues.
"Half of the country, or at least half of those who voted, may feel that there is a mistake after months of battles and calls to question the elections, that the electoral system is fake and cannot be trusted, that there is no point in voting, that American democracy is not working and that the only person they can trust," she wrote. He is the one who tells you that the elections were stolen from him. "
As for the Japanese newspaper "Japan Times", it noted that "Biden faces a huge task of rebuilding confidence on the world stage."
America changed its mask
And Iranian newspapers have expressed two contrasting positions. The conservative view that the change in the White House is nothing but a change in the forefront.
Khorasan newspaper considered that "America has changed its mask," while "Resalat" newspaper wrote that "the unconvincing enemy has gone, the masked enemy has come." As for newspapers close to reformers such as "Aftab Yazd", they saw Biden's victory as "a new chapter for America." .
"Your success is our success," the editorial in the centrist Israeli newspaper Yediot Aharonot said that the new president will remain supportive of Israel even if he reopens a dialogue with Iran.
Break up the glass ceiling
On the other hand, many newspapers talk about the extraordinary march of Kamala Harris, who succeeded in "breaking the glass ceiling."
"Her black identity allowed her to speak personally during a year of questioning police brutality and systemic racism," the Australian newspaper "Sydney Morning Herald" wrote.
She added that Harris, "as the first woman elected to the highest office in the US government, gives hope to women who were frustrated with the defeat of Hillary Clinton 4 years ago."
The Spanish newspaper "El Mundo" (center-right) added that Harris "is a strong woman and a symbol of renewal that Trump fears."
Trump is without dignity
The German newspaper "Bild" welcomed Biden's victory and pointed to a "exit without dignity" for Trump, who refuses to acknowledge his defeat and vows to continue the struggle.
The Australian "Daily Telegraph" newspaper, owned by media mogul Rupert Murdoch, also indicated that Trump simply will not accept the humiliation that is represented by his defeat to a competitor he considers weak and unworthy of confrontation.
She said that the outgoing president had paved the way for months to talk about electoral fraud and had not abandoned this strategy now.
The Brazilian newspaper Volja de Sao Paulo wrote that Trump's defeat constitutes "a punishment for attacks on civilization," warning of the lesson that this represents for his Brazilian counterpart, Jair Bolsonaro.
The French "List Republican" also saw in the American cracks "an increasing reflection of our defects."
She wrote that the American cracks are similar to those that France witnessed during the yellow jackets crisis, and "if it is possible for us to benefit from the American example, let us try exceptionally not to imitate it."