Tory Johnson, left, and Raven Rivers wait in the Grand Hall of Chicago’s Union Station for their train to Kalamazoo, Michigan

26 November 2020

In Pictures: US pauses for Thanksgiving after turbulent year

26 November 2020

The US is celebrating Thanksgiving at a time of widespread coronavirus restrictions and with the fallout of the presidential election continuing.

Many have travelled to see family members despite being discouraged to do so as virus cases continue to rise.

President Donald Trump is continuing to contest president-elect Joe Biden’s win in the election although a formal transition process has now been initiated.

A man walks in the Lincoln Memorial as sunrise approaches on Thanksgiving (Patrick Semansky/AP) (AP)

A traveller at Terminal C at LaGuardia Airport in the Queens borough of New York (John Minchillo/AP) (AP)

Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade (AP)

Entertainers wait along 34th Street for their turn to perform during a pre-taping of the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in front of the flagship store in New York (Mary Altaffer/AP) (AP)

New York governor Andrew Cuomo holds up a new Thanksgiving-themed face mask (Kevin P. Coughlin/AP) (AP)

Frozen turkeys are stacked on a table in Colorado (David Zabulowski/AP) (AP)

Pearl Gailloux, 88, left, receives a Thanksgiving dinner and a holiday card from Meals on Wheels volunteers, Ted Fischer, centre, and his daughter, Molly, 21, in Rhode Island (David Goldman/AP) (AP)

Virus Outbreak Holiday Travel (AP)

Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade (AP)

Virus Outbreak Thanksgiving (AP)

Virus Outbreak Thanksgiving Travel (AP)

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