From right, Joe Biden, Jill Biden, Kamala Harris and Doug Emhoff arrive at the U.S. Capitol.
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Joe Biden hugs First Lady Jill Biden as son Hunter Biden and daughter Ashley look on after he was sworn in as the 46th president of the United States.
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Joe Biden swears the oath of office at noon Wednesday to become the 46th president of the United States, taking the helm of a deeply divided nation and inheriting a confluence of crises arguably greater than any faced by his predecessors.
Biden and incoming First Lady Jill Biden on Wednesday are attending a service at Washington’s Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle. With them are Vice President-elect Kamala Harris and her husband, Doug Emhoff.
President Trump said he thought the new administration would have “great success,” for which he claimed some credit.
Trump said the new administration has the “foundation to do something really spectacular.” He made brief farewell remarks at Maryland’s Joint Base Andrews before he boarded Air Force One for a flight to his Florida home.
Joe Biden becomes 46th president
President Biden addresses the nation at the “Celebrating America” concert at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington after his inauguration.
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President Biden and First Lady Jill Biden watch fireworks from the White House.
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A fireworks display over the White House is part of Inauguration Day ceremonies for President Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris.
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President Biden and First Lady Jill Biden pose for a photo with family members at the “Celebrating America” concert at the Lincoln Memorial.
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Biden signs documents including Cabinet and sub-Cabinet nominations in the President’s Room at the Capitol after the inauguration ceremony.
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Joe Biden hugs the first lady as son Hunter and daughter Ashley look on after he’s sworn in as the 46th president of the United States.
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President Biden is sworn in as wife Jill looks on during his inauguration on the West Front of the U.S. Capitol.
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Kamala Harris sworn in
Kamala Harris is sworn in as vice president while her husband, Doug Emhoff, watches on the West Front of the U.S. Capitol.
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Vice President Kamala Harris hugs her husband, Doug Emhoff, before Joe Biden is sworn in as president.
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Walk down Pennsylvania Avenue
President Biden and First Lady Jill Biden walk along Pennsylvania Avenue with their family on their way to the White House.
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Words of wisdom
Poet Amanda Gorman, 22, of Los Angeles, prepares to read her work at the inauguration of President Biden.
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Center stage
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Capitol arrival
From left, Doug Emhoff, incoming Vice President Kamala Harris, Jill Biden, incoming President Biden and Sens. Roy Blunt (R-Mo.) and Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) walk into the Capitol for the inauguration.
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Past presidents
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Former President Clinton arrives with former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton at the inauguration of President Biden.
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View from above
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Outside the perimeter
Police block a street in Washington during protests in response to the inauguration of Joe Biden.
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Protesters stand near the the perimeter of the Capitol grounds before the start of the presidential inauguration.
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Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
President Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris attend a wreath-laying ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery’s Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, as former Presidents Obama, George W. Bush and Clinton and their wives look on in Arlington, Va.
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Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle
Joe Biden and his wife, Jill Biden, attend services at the Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle with congressional leaders before his inauguration.
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National Mall
U.S. flags, representing those who could not attend the inauguration because of COVID-19 requirements, flutter in the wind at the National Mall.
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Members of the National Guard look at the “Field of Flags” at the National Mall ahead of Joe Biden’s inauguration ceremony in Washington.
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All masked up
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), left, arrives at the inauguration. Right, Dorothy Colegrove of Anchorage tries to catch a glimpse of President-elect Joe Biden as he leaves an early morning church service in Washington.
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Security on high alert
Police officers walk along the inauguration parade route in front of the White House.
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Trump departs White House
President Trump and First Lady Melania Trump make their way to Marine One as they depart the White House for the final time.
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Marine One, carrying outgoing President Trump and First Lady Melania Trump, flies past the Washington Monument as it departs the White House before President Biden’s inauguration.
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