On the final Friday of her vice-presidency, Kamala Harris partook in one last ritual. She looked disbelievingly as she walked into her ceremonial office in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, across the street from the White House,

Kamala Harris is expected to attend the inauguration ceremony, as is customary for outgoing vice presidents. Harris reportedly declined to give Vice President-elect JD Vance a tour of the vice president’s residence at the Naval Station in Washington,

White House photographer Lawrence Jackson has been covering Kamala Harris for the past four years. His images have helped shape how the world sees her.

After the inauguration of Donald Trump, his 2024 Democratic opponent and the first woman VP headed back to California on a Boeing C-32 flown by an all-female crew—marking a military first.

At 60 years old, Harris is still young in a political world where the last two presidents have set records as the oldest ever elected.

If former Vice President Kamala Harris had won the 2024 presidential election, I strongly suspect that the congressman would have postponed his day of service and attende. Add your voice: Respond to this piece or other Sun content by submitting your own letter.