Apple iPad worldwide launch

Sydney, Australia Rahul Koduri holds up his newly-bought iPads after being the first person to have purchased one in the store Photograph: Tracey Nearmy/EPA Photograph: Tracey Nearmy/guardian.co.uk Tokyo, Japan People stand in a line to buy the iPad at an Apple store Photograph: Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters Photograph: Kim Kyung-Hoon/guardian.co.uk Tokyo, Japan A security guard regulates customers who formed a line to buy Apple's iPad at a Softbank store Photograph: Koji Sasahara/AP Photograph: Koji Sasahara/guardian.co.uk Tokyo, Japan A man dressed as an iPad holds up the real iPad he has just bought Photograph: Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters Photograph: Kim Kyung-Hoon/guardian.co.uk Tokyo, Japan Takechiyo Yamanaka, who camped out in front of the Ginza store to be the first in line to buy the new iPad Photograph: Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters Photograph: Kim Kyung-Hoon/guardian.co.uk Tokyo, Japan Kazuki Miura – the first customer in Softbank, Apple's exclusive partner in Japan – wears an iPad headband. Photograph: Toshifumi Kitamura/AFP/Getty Images Photograph: Toshifumi Kitamura/guardian.co.uk Berlin, Germany Shoppers wait to buy an iPad at the Gravis computer store Photograph: Sean Gallup/Getty Images Photograph: Sean Gallup/guardian.co.uk Berlin, Germany Shoppers at the Gravis computer store try out the new Apple iPad Photograph: Sean Gallup/Getty Images Photograph: Sean Gallup/guardian.co.uk Berlin, Germany A customer tries out Apple's new iPad, with software featuring a piano keyboard Photograph: Barbara Sax/AFP/Getty Images Photograph: Barbara Sax/guardian.co.uk Berlin, Germany A member of staff arranges accessories for Apple's new iPad Photograph: Barbara Sax/AFP/Getty Images Photograph: Barbara Sax/guardian.co.uk Frankfurt, Germany Simone Straehle cheers after being the first customer to leave the Apple store with an iPad Photograph: Frank Rumpenhorst/EPA Photograph: Frank Rumpenhorst/guardian.co.uk Milan, Italy Customers queue to enter an apple store in Carugate to buy the new iPad Photograph: Damien Meyer/AFP/Getty Images Photograph: Damien Meyer/guardian.co.uk Paris, France Staff applaud the first customers to enter the Apple store to buy an iPad Photograph: Miguel Medina/AFP/Getty Images Photograph: Miguel Medina/guardian.co.uk Paris, France People queue up outside Apple's flagship store, in the Carrousel du Louvre, to buy an iPad Photograph: Bob Edme/AP Photograph: Bob Edme/guardian.co.uk Paris, France Customers buy their new iPads at the Apple store Photograph: Miguel Medina/AFP/Getty Images Photograph: Miguel Medina/guardian.co.uk London, UK Queues for the iPad outside the Apple store on Regent Street Photograph: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images Photograph: Dan Kitwood/guardian.co.uk London, UK Jake Lee, 17, leaves the Apple Store in Regent Street after being the first to buy the new Apple iPad Photograph: John Stillwell/PA Photograph: John Stillwell/guardian.co.uk London, UK People queue for the new iPad outside Regent Street's Apple store Photograph: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images Photograph: Dan Kitwood/guardian.co.uk London, UK A customer is welcomed to the Apple store on Regent Street to buy the new iPad Photograph: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images Photograph: Dan Kitwood/guardian.co.uk London, UK Customers are cheered by employees while entering an Apple store to buy the iPad Photograph: Luke Macgregor/Reuters Photograph: Luke Macgregor/guardian.co.uk