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| - With the US election only days away, AFP is mobilizing its global network to provide comprehensive coverage in text, photo, video and graphics. We are producing on-the-ground multimedia content, reporting from the swing states that will decide who wins the election. We are also moving stories analyzing the key topics of the election: foreign and economic policy, the environment and society. And we are focusing on the topics that have stirred the American electorate, from the coronavirus to Black Lives Matter. In addition, we are moving a series of angles from across AFP's global network. Our video journalists are producing live reports from Washington, California, Texas, New York, Ohio and Pennsylvania up until election day. Our photographers are with the two candidates wherever they go. From November 3, AFP will offer an interactive graphic with live updates of the results state-by-state. Our fact-checking teams are closely tracking misinformation linked to the campaign. ( You can also see a selection of our video stories on AFP's YouTube channel. Today, we will move: US-vote-Biden-100days,POINTS WASHINGTON Every candidate in the heat of a US presidential campaign talks up their goals for the first 100 days in office, and Joe Biden has done so for months, whether it be promising to battle the coronavirus, rejoin the Paris climate agreement or offering a pathway to citizenship for undocumented immigrants. 750 words by Michael Mathes. File picture US-vote-transition,POINTS WASHINGTON Donald Trump said on the campaign that he wants a "smooth, beautiful transition" after Election Day, but has planted seeds of doubt about whether that would happen if Joe Biden defeats him at the polls. After an unrelentingly nasty campaign, what would a White House transition from Biden to Trump look like? 800 words by Jerome Cartillier. File picture US-vote-Pence,PROFILE WASHINGTON Vice President Mike Pence is the calm to Donald Trump's storm, bringing a sedate demeanor and the religious, conservative ballast that both men hope will spare them from losing the White House. 650 words by Joshua Melvin. File picture US-vote-Harris,PROFILE WASHINGTON Kamala Harris is on the verge of what would be a double-dream for US Democrats: becoming the nation's first woman vice president and ending Donald Trump's turbulent rule. 650 words by Joshua Melvin. File picture US-vote-candidates,FACTS WASHINGTON Rapper Kanye West, a former child actor, a libertarian and a prohibitionist by the name of Phil Collins. Voters who are not sold on Donald Trump or Joe Biden have an array of other candidates to choose from in next week's US election -- some more serious than others. 500 words by Sebastien Duval. File picture afp
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