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Empire State Building illuminated to pay tribute to COVID-19 victims

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New York, Jan 19 (EFE / EPA) .-The United States' president-elect Joe Biden arrived in Washington, DC, on Wednesday to take the reins of a country overwhelmed by a convergence of crises derived from the Covid-19 pandemic and political divisions, which he aims to tackle beginning with a call for unity. Hours before becoming the US' 46th president, Biden left his home state of Delaware, where he launched his political career, and traveled to Washington to meet with what will be the country's first female vice president, Kamala Harris.The two participated together in their first event in Washington before the inauguration on Wednesday: a tribute to the victims of the epidemic in the US, where a few hours earlier the grim record of 400,000 deaths due to Covid-19 had been reached. (Camera: ALBA VIGARAY)SHOT LIST: A LIT UP EMPIRE STATE BUILDING TO PAY TRIBUTE TO THE VICTIMS OF COVID-19 THE US.

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