Tech billionaires and world leaders turn out for Trump inauguration
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Mark Zuckerberg, Jeff Bezos and former UK prime minister Boris Johnson are among the high-profile guests in Washington DC for Donald Trump's inauguration. The three men were sat in the same row inside St John's Church as the incoming president attended a church service before his swearing in.
Other famous faces getting a prime seat for the big moment include Tesla boss Elon Musk, who appeared momentarily memorised by the ornate ceiling of the rotunda. Follow live: Donald Trump inauguration. The Tesla boss was perhaps Mr Trump's most famous backer during the election race and he'll help lead an "efficiency" department in the new government.
Mr Musk was seen chatting to Google boss Sundar Pichai in the moments before the swearing-in, with Amazon boss Jeff Bozos and his partner Lauren Sanchez on the other side. The tech billionaires will be hoping the president's policies will boost, or at least not hinder, their vast money-making machines.
Apple chief executive Tim Cook was pictured, while TikTok's boss Zhang Yiming is also expected to be there. Mr Trump pledged to give the app a reprieve from a ban that made it temporarily go "dark" in the US on Sunday. Argentina's far-right president, Javier Milei, was one of several world leaders in attendance.
Mr Milei, with his "rock and roll" hair cut and sideburns, was pictured laughing arm in arm with Italian prime minister Giorgia Meloni. Chinese President Xi Jinping was invited, said spokesperson Karoline Leavitt last month, but is not believed to be attending.
