Wilmington: US President-elect Joe Biden shared a New Year's Eve message on Thursday calling for the nation to "unite, heal and rebuild in 2021."
"The challenges we face as a nation will not disappear overnight, but as we look forward to the start of a new year, I'm filled with fresh hope about the possibilities of better days to come," he wrote.
He added, "After a year of pain and loss, let us unite, heal, and rebuild in 2021."
The President-elect's tweet comes as the United States - which has been the worst-affected by the COVID-19 pandemic - tries to turn the corner as it has more than 19 million cases and more than 344,000 people have succumbed to the virus across the country, according to Johns Hopkins University.
The US has also seen months of social unrest this year as protests erupted over the deaths of Black Americans George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and Ahmaud Arbery.