Joe Biden s inauguration speech in full
Joe Biden and Kamala Harris have been sworn in as the next president and vice president of the United States
Outgoing President Donald Trump left the White House in the morning rather than attend any of the day s events
The inauguration comes just two weeks after deadly riots by Trump supporters at the US Capitol and amid the COVID pandemic
Vice President Harris has become the first woman, first African-American and first person of South Asian descent to hold the post Democracy has prevailed, Biden said in his inaugural speech
The National Mall, facing the US Capitol has been decorated with some 200,000 flags to represent the absent crowds