Joe Biden has been sworn in as the 46th US President – here are some of the best photos from inauguration day
image captionJoe Biden was sworn in as the 46th US President by Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts, with incoming US First Lady Jill Biden by his sideimage caption Kamala Harris was sworn in as Vice-President of the United States as her husband Doug Emhoff looked onimage captionLady Gaga took to the stage to sing the National Anthem as Mr Biden looked onimage captionAs President-elect Joe Biden prepared to be sworn in, the outgoing President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump arrived at Palm Beach International Airport in Florida, bound for their Mar-a-Lago golf club residenceimage captionPresident-elect Joe Biden arrived alongside Dr Jill Biden at his inauguration on the West Front of the US Capitolimage captionVice President-elect Kamala Harris and her husband Doug Emhoff waved to well-wishers when they arrivedimage captionGuests arrived to take their seats ahead of the inauguration, including former President Barack Obama and former First Lady Michelle Obamaimage captionFormer President Bill Clinton also arrived with former Secretary of State Hillary Clintonimage captionFormer President George W. Bush and former First Lady Laura Bush were shown to their seats before the swearing-in ceremonyimage captionEarlier in the day, President-elect Joe Biden attended Mass at the Cathedral of St Matthew the Apostle in Washington DCimage captionDonald and Melania Trump departed the White House to board Marine One. They did not attend his successor’s inaugurationimage captionAt Andrews Air Base Donald Trump gave his last speech in office, which he ended by saying it had been the “greatest honour” to be presidentimage captionBiden supporter Teri McClain flew from Seattle to see the inaugurationimage captionJoe Biden and Kamala Harris, with their spouses, were seen looking out over the National Mall, which would normally be filled with supporters if not for the pandemicimage captionSecurity across Washington was tight with about 25,000 troops on hand following a deadly riot at the Capitol earlier this monthimage captionOn the eve of the inauguration, the National Mall in Washington was seen covered in flags, representing the people who are not able to attend the event this year due to Covid restrictions
