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Biden takes over from Donald Trump at a moment of deep division in the United States, which is reeling from COVID-19.
The US inauguration from outside the security fence
We look at Inauguration Day in a locked-down Washington, DC with thousands of troops securing the US capital.
21 Jan 2021
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