Donald Trump’s increasingly close relationship with tech leaders has been noted for weeks now. They’ve donated millions to his inauguration fund, taken trips to the president-elect’s Mar-a-Lago resort and, in the case of Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg, altered Facebook’s moderation policies to accommodate conservative concerns.

The 78-year-old has a busy day of pomp and tradition ahead of him as millions of people around the world prepare to watch the Republican return to the White House.

The sun has risen on a historic day in Washington, DC. President-elect Donald Trump is returning to the White House via an inauguration ceremony at the US Capitol (seen here at dawn).