The best pictures from the election between Harris and Trump

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The long-awaited or dreaded Election Day is approaching, and the race between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris is fiercer than ever. Here are the best photos of the final stages before making the final decision.

On Halloween, October 30, 2024, a homeowner in Atlanta, Georgia, let his fake skeleton “vote.”

Kamala Harris delivered her closing remarks around midnight on Nov. 4 on the steps of the Philadelphia Museum of Art in the swing state of Pennsylvania, the setting for “Rocky,” the cult film about the boxer's rise.

On November 4, 2024, Donald Trump insulted Harris in his final speech in the particularly competitive swing state of Michigan.

Trump's supporters await with more or less excitement their idol's last appearance, on November 4, 2024.

Harris and her team flew back to Washington on Air Force Two after her final speech.

Trump supporters are campaigning on his claims that Haitian immigrants eat pets. Outside a rally on October 3, 2024 in Saginaw, Michigan.

In Ridge Manor, Florida, a disaster relief center will be converted into a polling place on Election Day on Tuesday. Meanwhile, on November 4, 2024, the city was still under water from Hurricane Milton.

In Thulasendrapuram, the ancestral village of the US Vice President, Kamala Harris also has hopes of being elected. A priest prayed for the candidates and handed out sweets.

Shamans hold posters of Democratic presidential candidate and Vice President Kamala Harris during a blessing ceremony on a beach in Lima, Peru.

In the swing state of Pennsylvania, a DJ created a good atmosphere near polling stations.

Donald Trump and his wife Melania Trump vote in Palm Beach, Florida. Immediately afterwards, the candidate told reporters that he was confident of winning the election. “I hear we're doing great,” he added.

A voter casts his vote in Philadelphia. Polling places look different everywhere.

Police patrol near Mar-a-Lago on Election Day. Trump's campaign organized an election party at the hotel for hundreds of guests. Elon Musk was also reportedly in attendance.

Trump supporters headed to Scottsdale to vote in nice weather.

Volunteers encourage people to vote in Atlanta, Georgia. Voter turnout in the United States is typically relatively low, just over 50%. Experts expect this year's participation to be a record high.

Vice presidential candidate J.D. Vance and his children vote in Cincinnati, Ohio. On Day X, he appealed to voters to stay in the queues, even if they were long.

The media now calls it their “signature move”: calling with good news. Presidential candidates also picked up the phone on Election Day to encourage the last few citizens to vote. At the Democratic National Committee headquarters in Washington, volunteers were “phone banking” until the end.

A police dog searches for possible contaminants in ballots on Election Day in Los Angeles.

In Dearborn Heights, Michigan, a girl waits for her mother to fill out her ballot. This may take some time as the ballot may be several pages long.

Lines sometimes formed at a polling place in Fort Defiance, Arizona. Polling stations will only close after everyone in line has voted.

“Whether you're sitting, standing or floating – what matters is that you vote!” Nick Hague wrote on The X. Astronauts can vote in space via special “absentee ballots.” Since most NASA astronauts live near the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, Texas passed the corresponding law in 1997.

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