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,

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Former Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff was not interested in shaking the hand of a man who refused to do the same with former Vice President Kamala Harris.

The appearance marks the end of her term as vice president and comes after her high-pressure run against Trump for the Oval Office. Earlier this month, on the fourth anniversary of the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot, she presided over the electoral vote count, pointing out that the ceremony was “a peaceful transfer of power.”

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.

Harris attended a customary stop on President Donald Trump's second Inauguration Day on Jan. 20, greeting the incoming President, Vice President, and their spouses at the White House alongside outgoing President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden. (The event precedes the formal inauguration ceremony, to be held inside the U.S. Capitol rotunda.)

After four years in the spotlight and the shortest presidential campaign in US history, Kamala Harris faces an unclear political future.

Joe Biden and Kamala Harris's body language at Donald Trump's inauguration spoke volumes, according to experts.

FILE - Speaker of the House Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., listens to President Donald Trump speak during a meeting with Republican lawmakers in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington on Sept. 5, 2018. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File) AP

Virginia Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears and Attorney General Jason Miyares both appreciate a good party as they celebrate one election and look ahead to another - their own.