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Added on the 16/01/2021 17:29:22 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
Strict security measures are in place along Pennsylvania Avenue near the US Capitol, on the route President-elect Joe Biden will take as part of a ceremonial parade on Inauguration Day. Washington, DC, and state capitals across the country are on alert for possible pro-Trump armed protests. IMAGES
Security forces - secret services, state and local policemen - are seen outside the stadium where the Republican convention center is due to open on Monday, where Trump will be formally anointed as presidential candidate. IMAGES
Policemen guard the gates leading to the Jerusalem's Old City and barriers are set up along the route, as the city prepares for the annual "flag march" commemorating the capture of East Jerusalem in the 1967 Six-Day war. IMAGES
Images of police forces and a blocked street nearby the E. Barrett Prettyman US Courthouse in Washington where Donald Trump is expected to appear later in the afternoon to answer charges of conspiring to overturn the 2020 election, a case that will cast a dark and volatile cloud over the 2024 White House race for which he remains the presumptive Republican nominee. IMAGES
Police cars arrive at Miami's federal courthouse, and policemen don jackets and sunglasses, as Donald Trump was due to surrender to face dozens of felony charges of mishandling US government secrets, in the most serious yet of a firestorm of criminal probes threatening to derail his bid to win back the White House. IMAGES
Supporters of Zambian President Lungu hold a rally in Lusaka during a tense presidential race, which has been marked by clashes between rival supporters. The presidential election will take place on Thursday. IMAGES.