By Globe Staff and wire servicesUpdated November 6, 2020, 2:12 p.m.
A man celebrated on Saturday in Philadelphia, after Democrat Joe Biden defeated President Donald Trump to become 46th president of the United States.Rebecca Blackwell/Associated Press
People celebrated on Saturday in Philadelphia, after Democrat Joe Biden defeated President Donald Trump to become 46th president of the United States.Rebecca Blackwell/Associated Press
People reacted after it was announced that Joe Biden was elected the 46th president of the United States in New York.DAVE SANDERS/NYT
People celebrated outside the Pennsylvania Convention Center after Democrat Joe Biden defeated President Donald Trump to become 46th president of the United States on Saturday. Rebecca Blackwell/Associated Press
Supporters of President-elect Joe Biden celebrated his victory in Wilmington, Del. on Saturday.JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images
People celebrated the victory of President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris in Oakland, Calif.Noah Berger/Associated Press
Marcel Cothron sang "Na na na na, hey hey goodbye" with a large crowd gathered on Fulton Street in the Brooklyn borough of New York, to celebrate Joe Biden's victory.Jessie Wardarski/Associated Press
People gathered in Black Lives Matter Plaza react to the presidential race being called by CNN in Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden's favor over Pres. Donald Trump to become the 46th president of the United States on Saturday.Alex Brandon/Associated Press
Zhanon Morales, 30, of Philadelphia, raised her fist as demonstrators call for all votes be counted during a rally outside the Pennsylvania Convention Center on Thursday.Rebecca Blackwell/Associated Press
Republican canvas observer Ed White, center, and Democratic canvas observer Janne Kelhart, watched as Lehigh County workers counted ballots as vote counting in the general election continues on Friday in Allentown, Pa. Mary Altaffer/Associated Press
Supporters of President Donald Trump paused in prayer at a rally outside the Maricopa County Recorder's Office on Friday in Phoenix. Ross D. Franklin/Associated Press
Trump supporters gathered for a demonstration outside the TCF center on November 6, 2020 in Detroit. John Moore/Getty
Temporary employees of the City Commissioner's office wearing protective masks counted votes at a convention center for the 2020 presidential election in Philadelphia on Wednesday.Bloomberg/Photographer: Bloomberg/Bloomber
The hands of Biden supporter Angelo Austin, and Trump supporter C.L. Bryant, right, gestured as they argue while Trump supporters demonstrating against election results outside the central counting board at the TCF Center in Detroit on Thursday.David Goldman/Associated Press
Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden spoke on Thursday in Wilmington, Del. Democratic vice presidential candidate Sen. Kamala Harris stood at left. Carolyn Kaster/Associated Press
President Trump left the podium after speaking at the White House on Thursday in Washington. Evan Vucci/Associated Press
Election challengers yelled as they looked through the windows of the central counting board in Detroit as police kept additional challengers from entering due to overcrowding on Wednesday.Carlos Osorio/Associated Press
People urging that all votes be counted demonstrated outside the Pennsylvania Convention Center on Thursday in Philadelphia.Matt Slocum/Associated Press
Pro-Trump demonstrators, including the political commentator Corey Lewandowski, with bullhorn, and former Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi, center, gathered outside the Pennsylvania Convention Center where votes are being counted in Philadelphia on Thursday.Damon Winter/NYT
Karen Louise Gonsalves, of Boston, held up a sign during a rally on the Boston Common.
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Chester County election workers processed mail-in and absentee ballots for the 2020 general election in the United States on Wednesday in West Chester, Pa. Matt Slocum/Associated Press
Election workers examined ballots as vote counting in the general election continued at State Farm Arena on Thursday in Atlanta. Brynn Anderson/Associated Press
Trump supporter Michael Breitenbach screamed outside the Pennsylvania Convention Center as ballot counting inside for the presidential election continues in Philadelphia on Friday. BRYAN R. SMITH/AFP via Getty Images
Chester County, Pa., workers transported mail-in and absentee ballots to be processed at West Chester University on Wednesday.Matt Slocum/Associated Press
Protesters with opposing viewpoints interacted outside the Pennsylvania Convention Center where votes are being counted on Thursday in Philadelphia.Matt Slocum/Associated Press
Detroit election workers worked on counting absentee ballots for the 2020 general election at TCF Center in Detroit, Michigan on Wednesday.JEFF KOWALSKY/AFP via Getty Images
Joe Biden, the Democratic presidential nominee, and his wife Jill took the stage in Wilmington, Del., on Election Night.RUTH FREMSON/NYT
President Trump supporter Loretta Oakes reacted while watching returns in favor of Joe Biden, at a Republican Election Night watch party in Las Vegas. John Locher/Associated Press
Shannon Epstein (center) and Bekah Carlson embraced as they watched election returns in Washington, D.C.Matt McClain/The Washington Post
President Donald Trump gestured after speaking during an election night party with First Lady Melania Trump (right) and Vice President Mike Pence (left) in the East Room of the White House.Al Drago/Bloomberg
Teddy Ahlvin and girlfriend Ellen Scheffer, both of Seattle, anxiously monitored election results on a laptop during an election night event at The Growler Guys in Seattle.JASON REDMOND/AFP via Getty Images
A long line of voters formed outside of First United Methodist Church as the sun rose over Lake Superior in Duluth, Minn.Alex Kormann/Star Tribune via AP
Voters waited in line outside a polling station on Tuesday in Tempe, Ariz. Matt York/Associated Press
Election staff members packed ballots after polls closed at the Moose Lodge on Election Day in Kenosha, Wis. Wong Maye-E/Associated Press
Poll workers helped a senior citizen sign in to vote on Election Day in New York. Mary Altaffer/Associated Press
Morning sunlight streamed through one of the windows atop the Nez Perce County Fairgrounds Pavilion as a voter fills out her ballot on Tuesday in Lewiston, Idaho. Pete Caster/Associated Press
Voters waited in line at a polling center on Election Day in Kenosha, Wis. Wong Maye-E/Associated Press
Chester County, Pa., election worker Kristina Sladek opened mail-in and absentee ballots for the 2020 General Election in the United States at West Chester University on Tuesday in West Chester, Pa.Matt Slocum/Associated Press
Tim Bolduc marked his ballot at Marina Park Community Vote Center on Tuesday in Newport Beach, Calif. Apu Gomes/Getty
Poll workers took a sign as they begin to close down a polling location on Mt. Vernon Street in Boston.
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Electoral workers inspected a ballot during the vote-by-mail ballot scanning process at the Miami-Dade County Election Department in Miami, Fla.CHANDAN KHANNA/AFP via Getty Images
Lorraine Crawford put vote signs as the sun rose over the Main Street Branch Library vote center in Huntington Beach, Calif.Apu Gomes/Getty Images
Voters lined up at at the James F. Condon Elementary School in South Boston.
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Caution tape closed off a voting stall to help distance voters to help prevent the spread of the coronavirus during Election Day at the East End School on Tuesday in Portland, Maine.Robert F. Bukaty/Associated Press
A woman entered a voting station on Election Day at Robert E. Lake Elementary School in Las Vegas. RONDA CHURCHILL/AFP via Getty Images
An election worker instructed a voter at a drive-through polling location on Tuesdayin Kansas City, Mo. The location was established to provide access for people who have tested positive for COVID-19 and elderly voters. Charlie Riedel/Associated Press
Officials counted early votes at the Roberto Clemente Coliseum during general elections in San Juan, Puerto Rico. In addition to electing a governor, Puerto Ricans are voting in a nonbinding referendum on statehood. Carlos Giusti/Associated Press
Jess Grams cheered after she watched her ballot go through the ballot box after she voted at the Landmark Center on Tuesday in St. Paul, Minn. Elizabeth Flores/Associated Press
Poll worker Lula Jefferson worked at Saint John the Baptist Parish in Quincy on election day, Craig F. Walker/Globe Staff
Voters stood at ballot boxes and cast their votes at Fairdale High School on Tuesday in Louisville, Kentucky. Jon Cherry/Getty
Democratic presidential candidate, former vice president Joe Biden, gestured and smiled during a visit to his childhood home in Scranton, Pa., on Tuesday morning.Jose F. Moreno/Associated Press
Sabrina Jackson waited while her dad Jack Jackson filled out a ballot in St. Pauls, N.C.Melissa Sue Gerrits/Getty
Voters marked their ballots at First Presbyterian Church on Election Day in Stamford, Conn.Jessica Hill/Associated Press
Laura Vasquez, right, held her 1-year-old daughter Mariely Machado, as she checked in to vote in the general election in Houston. David J. Phillip/Associated Press
Senator Elizabeth Warren and her husband Bruce Mann checked in with poll workers before voting at the Graham and Parks School in Cambridge. Suzanne Kreiter/Globe staff
A voter left the Framingham Memorial, the polling place for precincts 12 and 14 in Framingham. Lane Turner/Globe Staff
Voters cast their ballots at the Pantages Theatre polling station on Tuesday in Los Angeles. ROBYN BECK/AFP via Getty Images
Ted Zagrodny filled out his ballot at Saint John the Baptist Parish in Quincy, Mass.Craig F. Walker/Globe Staff/The Boston Globe
Some voters at the Hope Highlands Middle School in Cranston, R.I., polling site showed their IDs before voting. Jonathan Wiggs/Globe Staff
Senator Ed Markey greeted Suffolk County District Attorney Rachael Rollins on his way to visit those assembled outside the polling location at the Lower Mills Branch of the Boston Public Library.Pat Greenhouse/Globe Staff
President Trump arrived to speak at the Trump campaign headquarters on Election Day in Arlington, Va. Alex Brandon/Associated Press
A voter wore a shirt with a hand-written message as he arrived to casts his ballot at a polling station on election day in Arlington, Va., on Tuesday. OLIVIER DOULIERY/AFP via Getty Images
People cast their ballots on Election Day at the Sherman Township Center School on Tuesday in Colo, Iowa.Brian Powers/Associated Press
Kelly Amaral was first in line to vote at her precinct at Saint John the Baptist Parish in Quincy on Election Day.Craig F. Walker/Globe Staff
A woman voted at James Island Charter High School on Election Day in Charleston, S.C. Michael Ciaglo/Getty
Voters cast ballots at a polling station in Friends Bar on Tuesday in San Francisco, Calif. Stephen Lam/Getty Images
Voters cast their ballots on Tuesday at Jennings Senior High School in St Louis. Michael B. Thomas/Getty
Voters cast their ballots at Hampton City Hall in Hampton, Va.Jonathon Gruenke / Daily Press/Associated Press
Ali Adam waited in line to vote at Saint John the Baptist Parish in Quincy.Craig F. Walker/Globe Staff
Voters lined up at Cathedral High School Gymnasium in Boston as poll worker Annette Griffin worked her way through the line offering hand sanitizer.
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