DC holds dress rehearsal for Obama inauguration – in pictures

Serpico Elliott, an air force staff sergeant and President Obama's stand-in, waits to be introduced on stage at the Capitol Photograph: Win McNamee/Getty Images

On a foggy Sunday morning, a worker uses a pulley to bring a bag to the top of a camera tower before the inauguration rehearsal Photograph: Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images

A US army band arrives to take part in the rehearsal Photograph: Jonathan Ernst/Reuters

Components of the inaugural parade march down Pennsylvania Avenue from the Capitol to the White House Photograph: Win McNamee/Getty Images

A worker attaches microphones for a band before the rehearsal Photograph: Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images

Members of the US armed services fan out at the Capitol to line the parade route early Sunday morning Photograph: Jonathan Ernst/Reuters

Michael Linnington, the US army major general in charge of the military district of Washington, gives instructions to actors portraying the Obamas and the Bidens as they prepare to review troops at the Capitol Photograph: Mike Theiler/Reuters

Members of the US coastguard salute during the dress rehearsal on Capitol Hill Photograph: Drew Angerer/EPA

Serpico Elliot and Delandra Rollins, stand-ins for Barack Obama and Michelle Obama, take part in the swearing-in ceremony Photograph: Kevin LaMarque/REe