Inauguration Day for Joe Biden, Kamala Harris (78 images)

Joe Biden is sworn in as president of the United States, with Kamala Harris as vice president on Wednesday. Harris makes history as the first Black and Southeast Asian woman to hold the office in the United States. They took their oaths of office on the Capitol steps amid tight security before a limited in-person audience.

Chief Justice John Roberts (R) administers the oath of office to Joe Biden as his wife, Jill Biden, holds the Bible on Wednesday afternoon. Pool Photo by Andrew Harnik/UPI

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Vice President Kamala Harris is sworn in as her husband, Doug Emhoff, holds two Bibles -- one from Harris' family, the other used by Thurgood Marshall, the first Black justice on the U.S. Supreme Court. Pool Photo by Andrew Harnik/UPI

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President Joe Biden gives his inaugural address, calling for unity. Pool Photo by Patrick SemanskyUPI

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Biden signs executive orders during his first minutes in the Oval Office on Wednesday. Pool photo by Doug Mills/UPI

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