US Election 2020: America votes - in pictures

The best photos of the day, as the votes are counted in a tight election race

Loretta Oakes of Las Vegas reacts during a Republican watch party at the South Point Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. EPA

A supporter of US President Donald Trump taunts Biden Supporters in Black Lives Matter Plaza near the White House in Washington, DC. EPA

A supporter shows his Donald Trump t-shirt at a Republican watch party at Huron Vally Guns in New Hudson, Michigan. AFP

Two-year-old Noah Davenport of Granby, Colorado, waits for his mother to cast her ballot at the Granby Town Hall. AFP

A person wearing a mask resembling U.S. President Donald Trump hands out flyers at Black Lives Matter Plaza during the 2020 Presidential election in Washington, D.C. Bloomberg

A note left behind on the podium by U.S. President Donald Trump reads "Won Texas" after the president reacted to early results from the 2020. Reuters

Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden visits The Warehouse for teens by teens in Wilmington, Delaware. AFP

Election judges verify and count ballots at the Denver Elections Division building in Denver, Colorado. AFP

A voter is assisted by a polling station worker at a polling location inside Emerick Elementary School in Purcellville, Virginia. EPA

A woman casts her ballot in the 2020 general election inside the Basset Place Mall in El Paso, Texas. AFP

Restaurants and shops downtown are boarded up in preparation for election night unrest on election day in Denver, Colorado. AFP

Voters cast their ballots at the Indian Creek Fire Station 4 in Miami, Florida. AFP

US President Donald Trump visits his campaign headquarters in Arlington, Virginia. AFP

Tom Tillotson drops voters ballots into the ballot box at the Hale House at the historic Balsams Resort during midnight voting as part of the first ballots cast in the United States Presidential Election in Dixville Notch, New Hampshire. AFP

Supporters of the Democratic party hold signs outside the Miami-Dade County Election Department in Miami, Florida. AFP

Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden speaks to supporters in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. AFP

A poll worker is silhouetted from a stained glass window as voters fill out their ballots in a polling station at the San Francisco Columbarium & Funeral Home in San Francisco, California. AFP

Karrihanna Stone, age 5, waits while her mother, Cashonda Davis casts her vote at a polling location at the Zelma Watson George Community Center in Cleveland Ohio. EPA

Poll workers disinfect each other other after a voter with coronavirus disease dropped off her ballot curbside to prevent the spread of the virus in St. Louis, Missouri, US. Reuters

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