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In Pictures: The long wait for the election result

A record 102 million Americans had cast their votes before Election Day.

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Election 2020 Protest Washington DC

After battling long queues and the threat of Covid-19, voters took to the streets in their hundreds to await the results of the US presidential election.

From Florida to North Carolina, party allegiances were laid bare as voters donned “Make America Great Again” hats and mock Donald Trump costumes.

While some cheered at watch parties, others marched through their hometowns after an election race dominated by the coronavirus and racial tensions.

Election 2020 Trump
A live broadcast of Trump speaking from the White House is shown on screens at an election night party in Las Vegas (John Locher/AP)
Election 2020 Senate Perdue
Republican supporters cheer results at an Election Night watch party in Atlanta, Georgia (John Bazemore/AP)
Election 2020 Michigan Voting
Democrat supporter Rita Brown watches election results in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan (David Goldman/AP)
Election 2020 White House
A person in a Donald Trump costume joins protesters in Black Lives Matter Plaza, Washington (Susan Walsh/AP)
Election 2020 Trump Nevada
Trump supporter Loretta Oakes reacts while watching returns in favour of Joe Biden, at a election-night watch party in Las Vegas. (John Locher/AP)
Election 2020 Idaho Trump Supporters
Kurt Eberhardt, left, and his twin brother Kent wave flags in support of President Donald Trump in Lewiston, Idaho (Pete Caster/Lewiston Tribune/AP)
Election 2020 Texas Van Duyne
Supporters of Republican Beth Van Duyne reacts to Texas’s 24th U.S. Congressional District candidate as she delivered her acceptance speech in Hurst, Texas (The Dallas Morning News via AP/Tom Fox)
Election 2020 Florida Voting
Drag queen Athena Dion, left, and Orlando Gonzales, executive director of Safeguarding American Values for Everyone (SAVE) at an Election Night watch party and drag show in Miami, Florida (Wilfredo Lee/AP)
Election 2020 Biden
Democrat supporters decorate their vehicle as they arrive for an election night rally in Wilmington, Delaware (Andrew Harnik/AP)
Election 2020 Protests Oregon
People march in Portland, Oregon (Marcio Jose Sanchez/AP)
Election 2020 California Voting
Supporters of President Donald Trump wait for election results in Stanton, California (Ashley Landis/AP)
Demonstrators in North Carolina
Marchers holding Confederate flags stomp on a Black Lives Matter flag in Graham, North Carolina (Khadejeh Nikouyeh/Greensboro News & Record/AP)
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