In pictures: Tears and jubilation on US election day 2024Published5 November 2024Americans vote in the presidential race between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris.Image source, Jim WATSON/AFPImage caption, Donald Trump declares victory in the US election as he addresses jubilant supporters in Florida. Image source, Evan Vucci/APImage caption, Trump supporters cheer and clap at the election night rally in Palm Beach, Florida.Image source, Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty ImageImage caption, Harris supporters console each other at a Democratic event in Washington as projections suggested Trump was in the lead.Image source, Brian Snyder/ReutersImage caption, Trump and his wife Melania voted at the Mandel Recreation Center in Palm Beach, Florida.Image source, Marco Bello/ReutersImage caption, Staying in Florida, dummy flamingos made a surprise appearance in West Palm Beach earlier on election day.Image source, Evelyn Hockstein/ReutersImage caption, Harris was with her team at the party's headquarters in Washington early on election day.Image source, Brandon Bell/Getty ImagesImage caption, Members of Alpha Kappa Alpha, the country's first black sorority founded at Howard University in 1908, at Harris's watch party.Image source, Callaghan O'hare/ReutersImage caption, Mike and Dolly Rump of Madison County sport their MAGA hats at the Trump watch party at the Palm Beach County Convention Center. Trump and his supporter Elon Musk were expected to attend.Image source, Joseph Prezioso/AFPImage caption, The very first polls opened at midnight on Tuesday in the remote, unincorporated New Hampshire township of Dixville Notch.Image source, John Tully/Getty ImagesImage caption, The result was three for Harris and three for Trump.Image source, Hasan Akbas/Anadolu via Getty ImagesImage caption, Alaskans vote for president. Their polling stations will be the last to close.Image source, Erik Pendzich/REX/ShutterstockImage caption, People wait in line to vote at the Brooklyn Museum in New York.Image source, Erik Pendzich/REX/ShutterstockImage caption, New York has 28 electoral college votes up for grabs.Image source, Faith Ninivaggi/ReutersImage caption, People cast their vote at Longley Elementary School in Maine.Image source, Gerald Herbert/APImage caption, Holyn Robinson, a student and first-time precinct commissioner, takes her oath along with fellow commissioners just before the opening of the polls, at the Hynes Charter School in New Orleans, Louisiana.Image source, Stephen Maturen/Getty ImagesImage caption, Voters line up outside a polling station at the Cincinnati Observatory in Ohio.Image source, Stephen Maturen/Getty ImagesImage caption, One Cincinnati voters brought her dog to take part in the process.Image source, Natalie Behring/Getty ImagesImage caption, In Idaho, Vancie Tuner and her horse Clementine rallied the local community in the city of Driggs to get out and vote.Image source, Quinn Glabicki/ReutersImage caption, A cat named Sky observes voting at a polling place in Pittsburgh.Image source, Cheney Orr/ReutersImage caption, In Georgia, one of the key swing states, voting results were unveiled by an election worker at Fulton County Operations Hub and Elections Center. Image source, SAMUEL CORUM/AFPImage caption, Queues at a polling station at Farmersville Elementary School in Easton, Pennsylvania.Image source, Quinn Glabicki/ReutersImage caption, Pennsylvania is seen as the key swing state, and has 19 electoral college votes.Image source, JIM LO SCALZO/EPAImage caption, Election workers process mail-in ballots in Philadelphia. Pennsylvania is one of seven states that forbid processing mail-in ballots before 07:00 on election day. Image source, John Tully/Getty ImagesImage caption, Gene Girdwood, ballot clerk, checked in voters in Bethlehem, New Hampshire. A presidential election day ballot can be long - two or three pages.Image source, Go Nakamura/ReutersImage caption, Voters line up in Phoenix, Arizona.Related topicsKamala HarrisUS election 2024Donald TrumpUnited States