World waits nervously for US election result

Democratic candidate Joe Biden is inching towards a victory in the US presidential election. With 264 projected electoral college votes, Biden needs just six more to win the race to the White House. In pic: A man watches a TV screen showing the images of US President Donald Trump and Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden during a news program at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea. (AP)

People gather at Black Lives Matter plaza near the White House after Election Day in Washington, US, November 5, 2020. (REUTERS)

Ralliers, including Renee White, 29, of Detroit, gather at the Michigan State Capitol in downtown Lansing, Wednesday, one day after the Nov. 3 election. Organized by The Sunrise Movement, Indivisible Michigan, the Greater Lansing Democratic Socialists of America, and We the Free People. They are demanding a peaceful transition of power and that all votes are counted. (AP)

The guessing game of trying to figure out whether — and how — President Donald Trump or challenger Joe Biden would end up in the White House quickly turned global. In pic: A man reads the Diario 2001 newspaper that carries the Spanish headline: "Agony is prolonged for the White House" at a newspaper stand in Caracas, Venezuela. (AP)

A villager carries a bucket of water and walks past a hoarding featuring US democratic vice presidential candidate Sen. Kamala Harris at a crossing in Thulasendrapuram village, Tamil Nadu. The villagers on Tuesday held special prayers for Harris' success in the elections at the temple in this lush green village, the hometown of Harris' maternal grandfather who migrated from here decades ago. (AP)

In a year turned upside down by the coronavirus pandemic, many states made it easier to vote by mail. That slowed the compiling of results. In pic: A waiter works under television sets that show US election reports at a restaurant in Taguig, Philippines. (AP)

In financial markets, investors who'd been hoping for a clearer outcome struggled to make sense of it all, sending indexes bobbing up and down. In pic: President Donald Trump speaking from the White House is projected on a television at a restaurant in Tokyo. (AP)

Attendees monitor electoral maps on their mobile phones during an election watch event held by Democrats Abroad at a restaurant in Beijing, China. (AP)