US election: In Pictures: Voters take to the streets as they await results
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 Dakota, party allegiances were laid bare as voters donned “Make America Great Again” hats and mock Donald Trump costumes.
While some settled for a quiet pint, others marched through their hometowns after an election race dominated by the coronavirus and racial tensions.
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Poll worker Keisha dances to music playing from a Joy to the Polls bus as she waits for voters in downtown Miami, Florida (Rebecca Blackwell/AP)
A man cycles past a polling station sign in San Diego, California (Gregory Bull/AP)
Clad in masks, Chief Roderick Sylvas and Flag Boy Aaron Hartley, both of the Wild Tchoupitoulas Mardi Gras Indians, encourage people to vote in New Orleans, Louisiana (Chris Granger/The Advocate/AP)
An inflatable chicken made to look like Donald Trump is displayed at McPherson Square, Washington DC (Jacquelyn Martin/AP)
Tony Nagel, left, and Alexander Wardner got “a lot of looks, both good and bad” for their colourful suits in Bismarck, North Dakota (Tom Stromme/The Bismarck Tribune/AP)
Anthony Morgan leads a chant during a march to the polls event in Graham, North Carolina (Khadejeh Nikouyeh/Greensboro News & Record/AP)
First-time voter Jessica Henderson shows her I Voted! sticker after casting her ballot in Los Angeles, California (Damian Dovarganes/AP)
Demonstrators unfurl a banner outside the White House in Black Lives Matter Plaza, Washington (John Minchillo/AP)
Matthew, left, and Parker, right, enjoy a quieter celebration with a beer down in Colorado Springs, Colorado (Chancey Bush/The Gazette/AP)
Republican supporter James Dutton recites the Pledge of Allegiance as he attends an Election Night watch party in Atlanta, Georgia (John Bazemore/AP)
Marchers holding Confederate flags stomp on a Black Lives Matter flag in Graham, North Carolina (Khadejeh Nikouyeh/Greensboro News & Record/AP)
A person in a Donald Trump costume joins protesters in Black Lives Matter Plaza, Washington (Susan Walsh/AP)
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