Joe Biden and Kamala Harris have honoured nearly 400,000 Americans who have died from Covid-19 at a ceremony in Washington. ‘Between sundown and dusk let us shine the lights in the darkness along the sacred pool of reflection, remember all whom we lost,’ the president-elect said.

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A nurse from Michigan, Lori Marie Key, sang Amazing Grace and the gospel singer Yolanda Adams sang Leonard Cohen’s Hallelujah. The memorial took place at the Reflecting Pool at the Lincoln Memorial, with 400 lights to commemorate the dead. The memorial also included 400 bell tolls at the national cathedral and churches across the country

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