(AP) - Views from around the world on Monday's first U.S. presidential debate between Democrat Hillary Clinton and Republican Donald Trump:
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AUSTRALIA
RICHARD MCCONOCHIE watched the debate on a big screen in a Canberra pub and said, "To me Trump aced it."
"He came across as a man who could control himself. They said Trump's ignorant of the issues. I think he proved that he had at least a working handle on most of the stuff he was talking about."
"I think he'll swing a lot of Americans over to Trump just by proving that he is not the sort of unstable, dangerous lunatic that he's painted to be," McConochie said. "I don't see that Trump would be any more incompetent than Clinton."
MILTON GAN, a Sydney-based photographer, said it seemed like Trump was trying to rein in his temper for the first 15 minutes, then went off the rails.
"He started interrupting Clinton, he started interrupting (moderator) Lester (Holt) and he started steamrolling. And you could see he was just getting really irate about everything," Gan said.
"The most ridiculous thing was at the end when he said he had the better temperament to be president," Gan said, laughing. "It was just hilarious."
Clinton came off prepared, confident and composed, Gan said: "Obviously, she's done her prep and she's got so much experience in politics and I think that really showed."
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NIGERIA
TIMI SOLEYE, an energy executive, stayed up to watch the debate in the middle of the night at his home in Lagos, Africa's most populous city.
"Clinton has decent policies, I wished she should talk about them and just make her points," he said. "Attempts to ridicule and characterize Trump policies were distracting in the beginning. And he looked dangerously reasonable at the beginning, but of course he veered off into his trademark semi-unreasonableness."
Soleye described himself as conservative, but he called Trump's characterization of world economics as a zero-sum game in which America must crush other countries to succeed "disheartening."
"I sincerely hope he doesn't win," he said. "It's simply too risky. The man seems unhinged sometimes."
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IVORY COAST
VALERY AKPOLE KOFFI, a customer service representative in Abidjan, thought Trump did a good job of coming across as less aggressive and more precise in his responses.
"He took the lead on foreign affairs, condemning the U.S. interventions in Iraq and Libya," Koffi said. "He also was reassuring on the issues of employment and tax relief in order to give back hope to Americans."
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CHINA
WANG PEI, a graduate student in communications studies, watched the debate from a cafe in Beijing and said he thought Clinton carried herself better.
"I personally like Trump's character and the feeling that he's a fighter," Wang said. "But from today's performance, I think Clinton was more like a mature politician and Trump looked a bit like a misfit in this kind of setting."
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BRITAIN