Thread by @Reuters

Take a look at some of the striking moments captured by @reuterspictures photographers as U.S. voters went to the polls and the stories behind them reut.rs/3k0TXbn 👇

'I live down the street from Trump's campaign headquarters but had never noticed who worked there. When we were unexpectedly allowed onto the office floor, I was struck by the crowd of smartly dressed young people behind the president's re-election campaign' 📷 @tombrennerphoto

'The coronavirus threat had constrained Joe Biden's campaign, with no crowds and little interaction with the general public. Here, on a whistle-stop retrospective tour of his hometown, Scranton Pennsylvania, Biden mixes more freely with supporters' 📷 Kevin Lamarque

'A seemingly endless line of socially distanced voters greeted me when I arrived at this polling place in Oklahoma City around 8 a.m. With another 100 or so people inside, it was taking about two and a half to three hours to vote but people were quite relaxed' 📷@NickOxfordPhoto

'I was struck by the way these poll workers waited for a voter using curb side voting for people with COVID-19 to make her selections on the ballot. To me, they seemed to be giving her privacy by turning their backs and chatting to pass the time' 📷 Lawrence Bryant

'Teacher Dana Clark was adjusting a "safety pod" over her and her son as I passed the voting line on Oct. 16, the first day of early voting in New Orleans. She had bought the pod to use in the classroom with her fifth-grade students, hoping to protect them' 📷 @kathphoto

'This is the moment Thornsburg and her friend Mayme Royer, 93, do a little wiggle and dance in their chairs to word that Trump is leading the count in Florida on the new 74-inch television they have bought for the occasion' 📷 @adreeslatif

'In the Marfa courthouse, the ballot count was being done at the front of the courtroom behind the wooden rail where the defendants and plaintiffs normally sit. In this shot, Kelsey Issel, early voting ballot board judge, seals mail-in and early voting ballots' 📷 @adreeslatif

'I have covered many elections but had never seen anything like this. On day two of the count, a crowd of people came to the Detroit facility, many of them chanting "shut down the count!"' 📷 Rebecca Cook

'The evening already felt uncertain, with many of those present wondering if violence would break out. I noticed these two women leaning on each other as more states were added to the too-close-to-call list. Their expressions mirrored the sentiments among the crowd' 📷 Erin Scott

'I noticed a cat sitting on the shoulder of a voter at a polling station in Louisville, Kentucky. As I approached it turned to look at me. The man continued getting ready to cast his ballot as if having a cat on his shoulder while voting was completely normal' 📷 Bryan Woolston