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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-Trump,PROFILE WASHINGTON Donald Trump rose to power proposing a simple solution to the United States' deepest problems: himself. Four years on, he instead stands accused by many of leaving the country in greater disarray than at any point since the 1970s. 1500 words 0200 GMT by Sebastian Smith. Picture. Video US-vote-Trump-record,POINTS WASHINGTON Donald Trump boasts that "no administration" accomplished more than in his first term as president. But leaving aside his response to the coronavirus pandemic -- a massive one-off crisis which voters broadly say he flubbed -- how do the Republican's achievements measure up? 800 words 0200 GMT by Sebastian Smith. Picture. Video US-vote-Biden,PROFILE WILMINGTON After a life story seared by family tragedy and thwarted political ambition, Joe Biden stands on the cusp of a triumphant final chapter as the oldest elected president in US history. 1500 words 0230 GMT by Michael Mathes. Picture. Video US-vote-Biden-record,POINTS WASHINGTON A stalwart of American political life for decades, Joe Biden, 77, has experienced many ups and downs during his long career in Washington, which he hopes to cap by winning the White House on November 3. 600 words 0230 GMT by Charlotte Plantive. File picture US-vote-racism-health-Flint,FOCUS FLINT, Michigan Having endured everything from a toxic water crisis to shockingly high rates of Covid-19, the mainly Black voters of Flint, Michigan, could be forgiven for their skepticism towards politicians at election time. 700 words 0230 GMT by John Biers. Picture. Video We will also move: US-vote racism-health-environment US-vote-Klacik,PROFILE BALTMORE, Maryland Young, Black and Republican, Kim Klacik wants to embody the "next generation" of pro-Trump voters -- and if, despite the odds, she wins a Congressional seat on November 3 it will be a hugely symbolic victory. 550 words 0230 GMT by Cyril Julien. File picture. Video afp
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