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A Democratic supporter reacts as presidential nominee US Vice President Kamala Harris concedes the 2024 US presidential election to President-elect Donald Trump, at Howard University in Washington, on November 6. Reuters

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Japanese percussion group Kodo will perform as part of the 2025 Abu Dhabi Festival. Photo: Abu Dhabi Festival

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DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES - NOVEMBER 17: Rory McIlroy of Northern Ireland poses with his Wife, Erica Stoll and Daughter, Poppy McIlroy alongside the DP World Tour Championship trophy and the Race to Dubai trophy on the 18th green following victory on day four of the DP World Tour Championship 2024 at Jumeirah Golf Estates on November 17, 2024 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. (Photo by Richard Heathcote / Getty Images)

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Vue de la plage a Cassata en Grece is one of the last works Mahmoud Said painted before his death in 1964. Photo: Christie's

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TOPSHOT - People search for human remains at a trench believed to be used as a mass grave on the outskirts of Damascus on December 16, 2024. Islamist-led rebels took Damascus in a lightning offensive on December 8, ousting president Bashar al-Assad and ending five decades of Baath rule in Syria. According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, more than 100,000 people died in Syria's jails and detention centres from 2011. (Photo by Aris MESSINIS / AFP)

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Tyson Fury believes he did enough to win his first fight with Oleksandr Usyk but has vowed to be more focused when they meet again in Riyadh on Saturday. Getty Images

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Marie Gibb's Christmas decorated home in Dubai.
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The Rolex Oyster Perpetual GMT-Master II is affectionately nicknamed “Pepsi” due to its blue and red Cerachrom bezel. Photo: Rolex

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President-elect Donald Trump stands on stage with his wife Melania during a rally on election in West Palm Beach, Florida. Reuters

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Senator Marco Rubio. President-elect Trump is expected to name Rubio as secretary of state. AFP.

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The plot, whose charges were unsealed days after Donald Trump's defeat of Democrat Kamala Harris, reflects what federal officials have described as efforts by Iran against US government officials on US soil. Reuters

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Joe Biden begins to bring the curtain down his presidency with remarks on the election results in Washington on November 7. Reuters

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UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres and US president Donald Trump at the UN in 2017. Reuters

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With all three branches of government on his side, president-elect Donald Trump would have sweeping powers. AFP

Trump set to take office with almost unchecked power

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