Television comedian Volodymyr Zelenskiy took the oath of office as Ukraine’s new president on May 20, promising that as hard as he had worked in the past to make Ukrainians laugh, he would now work to keep them from crying.
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Volodymyr Zelenskiy poses for photos with his supporters as he arrives for his inauguration ceremony in Kyiv on May 20, 2019.
