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"To heal, we must remember," Biden said, as 400 lights illuminated the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, each representing a thousand Americans who died.
Image: Workers unload containers carrying the first shipment of the Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine for Panama, from a courier aircraft transporting some 12,840 doses of the vaccine into the country, at Tocumen International Airport in Panama City
Workers unload containers carrying the first shipment of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine for Panama, at an airport in Panama City on Wednesday.Luis Acosta / AFP - Getty Images

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On the eve of his inauguration, President-elect Joe Biden led the nation in mourning the 400,000 people across the United States who have died in the coronavirus pandemic.

"To heal, we must remember," Biden said, just before 400 lights illuminated the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, each representing a thousand Americans who died.