Dance parties, fireworks and high-fiving strangers were some of the scenes that America witnessed after media organisations declared that former United States Vice President Joe Biden beat President Donald Trump.
Take a look at the celebrations.
A man sprays champagne as people celebrate after news media declared Democratic US presidential nominee Joe Biden the winner of the 2020 presidential election, in Washington. Photograph: Michael A McCoy/Reuters
Christopher Paulsen holds a flag as he reacts to the news that Democratic US presidential nominee Joe Biden has won the 2020 presidential election on Sunset Boulevard in the Silver Lake neighbourhood of Los Angeles, California. Photograph: David Swanson/Reuters
A cab driver raises his fist as people celebrate Joe Biden's victory on Union Square in the Manhattan borough of New York City. Photograph: Andrew Kelly/Reuters
Supporters of President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris have a party in front of the Casa Biden campaign office in the West Tampa neighbourhood in Tampa, Florida. Photograph: Octavio Jones/Getty Images
Thousands gather at Black Lives Matter Plaza near the White House to celebrate the announcement that Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden will be the 46th President of the United States in Washington. Photograph:Samuel Corum/Getty Images
People celebrate in Washington Square Park after it was announced that Democratic nominee Joe Biden would be the next US President in New York City. Photograph: Stephanie Keith/Getty Images
A supporter of Democratic U.S. presidential nominee Joe Biden holds balloons with the faces of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris as she celebrates near the site of a planned election victory celebration after news media declared Biden to be the winner of the 2020 US presidential election in Wilmington, Delaware. Photograph: Kevin Lamarque/Reuters
Why not kiss to celebrate the news that Democratic US presidential nominee Joe Biden has won the 2020 U.S. presidential election in the Manhattan borough of New York City. Photograph: Caitlin Ochs/Reuters
Americans are in a tight embrace after news organisations announced that Joe Biden had won the US elections in New York City. Photograph: Caitlin Ochs/Reuters
Pop that champagne! Biden supporters out on the streets to mark the hsitoric victory of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris in the Alphabet City neighbourhood of Manhattan, in New York City. Photograph: Andrew Kelly/Reuters
A woman holds a placard as media announce that Democratic US. presidential nominee Joe Biden has won the 2020 presidential election, in, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Photograph: Rachel Wisniewski/Reuters
Huge crowds gathered on Black Lives Matter Plaza in Washington to mark Biden's victory. Photograph: Hannah McKay/Reuters
Biden supporters use Trump's famous tagline for their poster as crowds throng the State Capitol building, in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.Photograph: Leah Millis/Reuters
People react as media announce that Democratic US presidential nominee Joe Biden has won the 2020 US presidential election, on Times Square in New York City. Photograph: Carlo Allegri/Reuters
A supporter of Democratic U.S. presidential nominee Joe Biden holds a boy on his shoulders as he celebrates near the site of a planned election victory celebration after news media declared Biden to be the winner of the 2020 presidential election in Wilmington. Photograph: Kevin Lamarque/Reuters
A woman celebrates media announcing that Democratic US presidential nominee Joe Biden has won the 2020 election in the Alphabet City neighbourhood of Manhattan. Photograph: Andrew Kelly/Reuters
