In pictures: President Trump's inauguration

Donald Trump has become president of the United States of America.

Crosscut image: Clinton, Trump and the Obama's. Source: AAP

In front of an audience of hundreds of thousands on the National Mall in Washington D.C, and million on television across America and around the world, Donald J Trump has been inaugurated as the United States' 45th president.

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Published 21 January 2017 4:30am

Updated 21 January 2017 11:14am

By Ben Winsor

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