Photos: Celebrations spread with news of Biden victory

Biden supporters celebrate outside the Pennsylvania Convention Center on Nov. 7, 2020, after the announcement that Democrat Joe Biden won the presidential election. 

People celebrate on Black Lives Matter plaza across from the White House.

Within seconds of the race being called, a crowd outside the White House broke out in cheers.

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New Yorkers bang pans as they celebrate in Columbus Circle.

A cab driver raises his fist as people celebrate in New York. 

A Biden supporter rides his bike outside Trump Tower in Chicago.

The former vice president amassed 273 Electoral College votes after winning Pennsylvania's 20 electors, according to NBC News, surpassing the 270 needed to win the White House and defeat President Donald Trump.

Biden supporters  wave signs and flags at the entrance to Trump National Golf Club in Sterling, Va.. Trump was at the facility.

Trump supporters rallying outside the State Capitol in Lansing, Mich., right, pray with a counter-protester after the presidential election was called for Joe Biden 

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Supporters of President Donald Trump unfurl a giant American flag outside the Pennsylvania State Capitol in Harrisburg, Pa., after Joe Biden defeated Trump to become 46th president of the United States.

New Yorkers celebrate in Columbus Circle.

A truck festooned with Biden Harris decorations drives through the Bywater section of New Orleans.

People celebrate in Oakland, Calif.

Supporters of President Donald Trump stage a rally outside the Utah State Capitol in Salt Lake City.

People fill the streets in Venice Beach in Los Angeles.

In a statement issued shortly after NBC News called the race, Biden said he was "honored" by the news and reiterated the calls for unity that had been a hallmark of his campaign speeches in recent weeks.

People celebrate near the White House.

Biden will be sworn in as the 46th U.S. president on Jan. 20. Harris will become the first female, first Black and first South Asian American vice president.

New Yorkers celebrate in the fountain at Washington Square Park.

Supporters celebrate the victory of Joe Biden near the White House on Saturday night. 

New Yorkers celebrate in Grand Army Plaza in Brooklyn on Saturday night.

Supporters of president-elect Joe Biden watch his televised victory speech in Times Square.

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