In pictures: US election day 2024

Democratic nominee Kamala Harris, who sent her ballot off in the post last week, was with her team at the party's headquarters in Washington on election day.

Donald Trump and his wife Melania cast their votes at the Mandel Recreation Center in Palm Beach, Florida, before speaking to members of the media.

Both Democrats and Republicans will be hosting election night watch parties. For Donald Trump's event, a stage is being set up at Palm Beach County Convention Center, where the Republican nominee will be joined by supporters.

Staying in Florida, dummy flamingos made a surprise appearance in West Palm Beach earlier on election day.

The very first polls in the US opened at midnight in the remote, unincorporated New Hampshire township of Dixville Notch.

The community has a tradition of midnight voting. More than 82 million people voted before election day.

The result was a clean split between the six registered voters - three for Harris and three for Trump.

Advanced voting has already been under way in some of the states. This election, Alaskans not only voted for president, but also for the state's only legislative seat.

People wait in line to vote at the Brooklyn Museum in New York City. Voters in Connecticut, Indiana, Kentucky, Maine, New Jersey, Virginia and New York can all now cast their ballots.

New York has 28 electoral college votes up for grabs.

One third of the US Senate - 34 of its 100 seats - is also up for grabs.

People cast their vote at Longley Elementary School in Maine's 2nd congressional district.

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.

Voters line up outside a polling place at the Cincinnati Observatory in Cincinnati, Ohio.

More polls have opened in Ohio, West Virginia and North Carolina, meaning 11 US states in total are now welcoming voters.

North Carolina is the first swing state where polls have opened.

A cat named Sky observes voting at a polling place in Pittsburgh.

Queues build at a polling station at Farmersville Elementary School in Easton, Pennsylvania.

Pennsylvania is seen as the key swing state, with 19 electoral college votes.

Election workers process mail-in ballots at an election's warehouse in Philadelphia, . Pennsylvania is one of seven states that forbid processing mail-in ballots before 07:00 on Election Day.

Donald Trump's running mate, JD Vance, voted in person in Cincinnati, Ohio. The Republican vice-presidential nominee arrived at a polling station with his wife and their children.

People wait in line at the polling station in the Martin Luther King Jr Memorial Library in Washington DC. Voting is well under way on the US's East Coast.

Gene Girdwood, ballot clerk, checks in voters to cast their ballots in Bethlehem, New Hampshire. A presidential election day ballot can be long - two or three white pages.

Rules on voter registration vary state-by-state. Nearly half the states allow for same-day registration on election day. The last day eligible Georgians could register was 7 October. Voters hold up their stickers after visiting a polling place in Atlanta.

Voters wait in line to cast their ballot in Smyrna, Georgia. Polling places are open on Election Day from 7:00 to 19:00.

Polling location volunteers direct arriving people where to vote in Boulder, Colorado.

People line up in Phoenix, Arizona. Various states are also voting on other issues such as abortion rights, members of the US Senate and House of Representatives, and referendums on voting and elections.

People line up to vote at a polling station at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas. Nevada, which has six electoral votes, was the last of the seven swing states to open polls.