President Joe Biden takes charge of the United States of America

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   U.S. President Joe Biden signs three documents including an Inauguration declaration, cabinet nominations and sub-cabinet nominations in the Presidents Room at the U.S. Capitol after the 59th Presidential Inauguration in Washington, U.S., January 20, 2021. Jim Lo Scalzo/Pool via REUTERS

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   Joe Biden is sworn in as the 46th US President on Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021, in Washington.(Saul Loeb/Pool Photo via AP)

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   Kamala Harris is sworn in as vice president as her husband, Doug Emhoff, holds the Bible. (Andrew Harnik/Pool via The New York Times)

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      After being sworn in Vice President Kamala Harris gives Joe Biden a fist bump at the Capitol (The New York Times: Ruth Fremson)

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      President-elect Joe Biden and Jill Biden arrive at Biden's inauguration on the West Front of the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021 in Washington. (AP)

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      Biden will be sworn in as the 46th president of the United States, assuming the helm of a country beset by deep political divides and battered by a raging coronavirus pandemic. (AP)

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      President-elect Joe Biden and his wife Jill, along with Vice President-elect Kamala Harris and her husband Douglas Emhoff arrive at the U.S. Capitol ahead of Biden’s inauguration, Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021, in Washington. (AP)

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         President-elect Joe Biden is greeted by former President Barrack Obama as he arrives for the 59th Presidential Inauguration at the U.S. Capitol. (AP)

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   Vice President-elect Kamala Harris greets former U.S. President Barack Obama ahead of 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)

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   President-elect Kamala Harris and her husband Doug Emhoff, arrive for the 59th Presidential Inauguration at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021. (AP)

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      House Majority Whip James Clyburn of South Carolina, and former President George Bush, take a selfie before the 59th Presidential Inauguration at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021. (AP)

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      Former U.S. President Bill Clinton arrives with former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden on the West Front of the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021 in Washington. (AP)

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      Guests listen during the 59th Presidential Inauguration at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021. (AP)

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         Stay home, Americans were exhorted, to prevent further spread of a surging virus that has claimed more than 400,000 lives in the United States. (AP)

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         Guest name tags for seating assignments are organized prior to the 59th inaugural ceremony for President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris in Washington on Wednesday. (Erin Schaff/The New York Times via AP, Pool)

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         President-elect Joe Biden and his wife Jill Biden attend Mass at the Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle during Inauguration Day ceremonies Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021, in Washington. (A

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         Joe Biden will be sworn in as the 46th President of the United States and Kamala Harris will take oath as the first woman Vice President on Wednesday, amidst heightened security concerns after a mob of pro-Trump extremists violently breached the Capitol two weeks ago. (AP)

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         The historic inauguration will be held under the unprecedented security umbrella of more than 25,000 National Guards, who have transformed the capital into a garrison city. (AP)

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            The area in and around Capitol Hill, a large part of Pennsylvania Avenue and the White House has been made out of bounds for the general public with eight-feet high iron barricades being erected. (AP)

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               A street vendor sells Biden-Harris merchandise ahead of President-elect Joe Biden's and Vice President-elect Pamela Harris’ inauguration ceremony in Washington. (AP)

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               An Indian artist Aejaz Saiyed gives finishing touch to an art work featuring US President-elect Joe Biden, Vice President-elect Kamala Harris and Indian freedom fighter Mahatma Gandhi, ahead of Biden's inauguration ceremony in Ahmedabad on Wednesday. (APi)

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               National Guard troops reinforce the security zone on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2021, before President-elect Joe Biden is sworn in as the 46th president on Wednesday. (AP)