VIDEO. Joe Biden's inauguration: thousands of American flags as a crowd

Hundreds of thousands of flags of the United States and American states have been installed on the lawn of the National Mall in Washington to represent citizens who will not be able to attend Joe Biden's inauguration on Wednesday. The huge esplanade, where a compact crowd of Americans usually flock to the ceremony every four years, is this time padlocked. The Democratic President comes to power in a context that could not be more tense, between health crisis and refusal of his predecessor to recognize his defeat, with the climax of the incredible intrusion of pro-Trump activists on Capitol Hill on January 6. Washington is therefore preparing in a somewhat surreal atmosphere, between fear of new violence and health constraints.