WASHINGTON: Hours from inauguration, President-elect Joe Biden paused on what might have been his triumphal entrance to Washington Tuesday evening to mark instead the national tragedy of the coronavirus pandemic with a moment of collective grief for Americans lost.
REMEMBERING COVID VICTIMS President-elect Joe Biden speaks during a COVID-19 memorial, with lights placed around the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, on Jan. 19, 2021 (Jan. 20 in Manila), in Washington. PHOTO BY AP