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US President Joe Biden in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington after his inauguration, January 20, 2021. REUTERS

President Biden signs a string of first executive orders
Joe Biden and his wife Jill arrive for his inauguration as the 46th president of the United States at the US Capitol in Washington, DC on January 20, 2021. Reuters

President Joe Biden: We must end this uncivil war

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US President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump depart the White House to board Marine One ahead of the inauguration of president-elect Joe Biden, in Washington. Reuters

'Have a good life. We'll see you soon,' Trump leaves White House

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The US Capitol building behind caution tape and several layers of security. Willy Lowry / The National

Washington quiet before presidential inauguration

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Sightline: What to expect on Joe Biden's inauguration day

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Biden calls for national healing at Covid-19 vigil

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Biden’s Pentagon nominee vows to get rid of racists

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President Donald Trump before a speech near a section of the US-Mexico border wall, Alamo, Texas, January 12, 2021. The Monitor via AP

Trump business brand dealt big blow after Capitol riot

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Former US deputy secretary of state William Burns has been named as Joe Biden’s pick for CIA head. AFP

Bill Burns: Joe Biden nominates career diplomat to head CIA

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TOPSHOT - Supporters of US President Donald Trump enter the US Capitol as tear gas fills the corridor on January 6, 2021, in Washington, DC. Demonstrators breeched security and entered the Capitol as Congress debated the a 2020 presidential election Electoral Vote Certification. / AFP / Saul LOEB

Former US presidents bash violent demonstrations

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Democratic US Senate candidates from Georgia Rev Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff in Marietta and Atlanta, January 5, 2021. REUTERS

Democrats poised to control Senate, giving Joe Biden upper hand

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Bechara Choucair has been appointed vaccine co-ordinator on US president-elect Joe Biden's Covid-19 response team. CityHealth via AP

Biden picks Lebanese-American doctor for Covid-19 response programme

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People make their way near the capitol ahead of U.S. President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration, in Washington, U.S., January 15, 2021. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz

Joe Biden picks Obama-era State Department team

epa08923391 A Trump supporter holds a placard reading ÔDeep State Voter Fraud! Media and Big Tech Information WarfareÕ as Pro-Trump protesters demonstrate in support of US president Donald Trump in front of the City Hall in Los Angeles, California, USA, 06 January 2021. Right-wing conservative groups are protesting against Congress counting the electoral college votes. Dozens of state and federal judges have shot down challenges to the 2020 presidential election, finding the accusations of fraud to be without merit. EPA/ETIENNE LAURENT

Left holding the mic: will shareholders still love Twitter and Facebook?
Members of the National Guard rest in the Capitol Visitors Centre on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, January 13, 2021, ahead of an expected House vote impeaching US President Donald Trump. AFP

US National Guard defend Washington round the clock – in pictures

US Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos blamed President Donald Trump for the storming of the US Capitol in her letter of resignation. AFP

US Education Secretary Betsy DeVos resigns over Washington riot
Upended furniture litters a hallway after supporters of US President Donald Trump occupied the Capitol Building after Congress convened to certify the Electoral College votes of the 2020 presidential election. Reuters

Top Democrat says Trump is to blame for violence
Electoral College ballots sit on a table after they were rescued from the Senate floor in Washington, DC, on January 6, 2020. Office of US Senator Jeff Merkley via AP

Congress certifies Joe Biden’s win after day of chaos and ‘insurrection’ at US Capitol
Ted Cruz said he would not vote to certify Joe Biden's election win. AFP

Republicans sign up to try to delay Joe Biden election win

The RV vehicle allegedly involved in the Christmas Day Nashville bombing. EPA 

Nashville local named in connection with Christmas Day bombing
US President Joe Biden delivers his inauguration speech on January 20, 2021, at the US Capitol in Washington. AFP 

Biden delivers conciliatory but defiant inaugural speech

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American poet Amanda Gorman recites her work during the 59th Presidential Inauguration at the US Capitol in Washington, DC. Reuters

Who is Amanda Gorman, the poet who lit up Biden’s inauguration?

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Official social media accounts are being moved from the Trump administration to that of Joe Biden. AP, file

Twitter transfer of power: @POTUS given to Joe Biden

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Joe Biden is sworn in as the 46th president of the United States by Chief Justice John Roberts as Jill Biden holds the Bible at the US Capitol in Washington, DC on January 20, 2021. Pool via Reuters

Joe Biden sworn in as 46th US president – in pictures

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President-elect Joe Biden is greeted by former President Barack Obama as he arrives for the 59th Presidential Inauguration at the US Capitol in Washington on January 20, 2021. AP

Biden launches presidency with executive orders reversing Trump 'damages'

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Lady Gaga sings the National Anthem during the inauguration of Joe Biden as the 46th President of the United States on the West Front of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., January 20, 2021. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque

Lady Gaga, Barack Obama and host of VIPs attend inauguration day

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Donald Trump's final speech. AP Photo

Watch: Donald Trump's final speech as US president

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U.S. President Dwight Eisenhower shakes hands with Jacqueline Kennedy as she and President-elect John F. Kennedy arrive at the North Portico of the White House in Washington, D.C., on inauguration day, Jan. 20, 1961. (AP Photo)

The 7 most unusual inaugurations in American history

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Outgoing US President Donald Trump waves as he boards Marine One at the White House in Washington, DC, on January 20, 2021. President Trump travels his Mar-a-Lago golf club residence in Palm Beach, Florida, and will not attend the inauguration for President-elect Joe Biden. / AFP / MANDEL NGAN

Trump leaves White House for last time as president - in pictures

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American and Mexican families play with seesaw swing as part the Teeter Totter Wall project. AFP

Seesaws at US-Mexico border awarded Design of the Year

Art
Copies of the book 'Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House' by author Michael Wolff are seen at the Book Culture book store in New York. Reuters

Call for book-deal ban for members of Trump administration

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epa08935316 A sign reading 'keep 1,5m distance' is seen in the city centre of Recklinhausen, Germany, 13 January 2021. As the number of cases of the COVID-19 disease caused by the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus remains high throughout Germany, coronavirus hotspots with a 7-day incidence above 200 may impose a restriction of movement to a radius of 15 kilometers. EPA/FRIEDEMANN VOGEL

WHO says UK Covid variant is in at least 60 countries

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