These Are the Strangest Election Day Photos

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Election day in America brings out a perfect storm of strange settings, and situations. Dressed in politically charged outfits, people descend on the polls crammed in odd settings from pools to pool halls. Voters dress up their kids, their pets, and even their houses. They idolize their chosen candidates on cupcakes and tombstones, and brutalize effigies of their opponents with tigers.

It is a day when history is guaranteed to be made, not only in this country but all around the world – mock polling booths were set up from Kenya to Egypt, and people everywhere came out to watch the results.

TIME’s Photo Editors select the strangest election day photos.

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APTOPIX Election 2016 Voting
Visitors take photos of a giant cutout of Donald Trump in front of the Trump House owned by Lisa Rossi in Youngstown, Pa. on Nov. 8, 2016. Gene J. Puskar—AP
People visit the grave of women's suffrage leader Susan B. Anthony on U.S. election day at Mount Hope Cemetery in Rochester, New York
People visit the grave of women's suffrage leader Susan B. Anthony at Mount Hope Cemetery in Rochester, New York.Adam Fenster—Reuters
A cake in the likeness of Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump is on display at his election night event at the New York Hilton Midtown in New York.
A cake in the likeness of Donald Trump at Donald Trump's election night event at the New York Hilton Midtown in New York.Timothy A. Clary—AFP/Getty Images
APTOPIX 2016 Election Louisiana Voting
Ronique Slack exits a polling booth after casting her vote on Election Day at the Martin Luther King, Jr. Charter School in the Lower 9th Ward of New Orleans.Gerald Herbert—AP
Hillary Clinton points to members of the crowd during a campaign event at Grand Valley State University in Allendale, Mich.
Hillary Clinton points to members of the crowd during a campaign event at Grand Valley State University in Allendale, Mich. on Nov. 7, 2016. Doug Mills—The New York Times/Redux
Nation Goes To The Polls In Contentious Presidential Election Between Hillary Clinton And Donald Trump
Cookies on sale at the Oakmont Bakery in Oakmont, Pa.Jeff Swensen—Getty Images
A voter casts his ballot inside the garage of Chobert Decorators during the U.S. presidential election in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
A voter casts his ballot inside the garage of Chobert Decorators in Philadelphia.Charles Mostoller—Reuters
US Presidential Election
Dutch minster of culture Jet Bussemaker dressed as Hillary Clinton at the President's Night in Amsterdam.Olaf Kraak—EPA
Nicaragua 2016 US Election
Presidential candidates on a TV screen during a Nicaraguan newscast surrounded by toys and puppets at a market in Managua, Nicaragua, Esteban Felix—AP
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump and his wife Melania Trump vote at PS 59 in New York
Donald Trump and his wife Melania vote at PS 59 school in New York City.Carlo Allegri—Reuters
Nation Goes Polls In Contentious Presidential Election Between Hillary Clinton And Donald Trump
Hillary Clinton supporter Jorge Mendez of Glendale, Arizona wears a dress and Hillary Clinton mask while holding a makeshift doll of Donald Trump after voting in Phoenix.Ralph Freso—Getty Images
A young boy dresses as Donald Trump on election day in Manchester, UK.
A young boy dresses as Donald Trump on election day in Manchester, UK.Alamy—Howard Harrison
Election Day 2016
An anti-Clinton supporter holds a Clinton doll hanged on a noose out of his car as he drives by the Emma Loum Olson Civic Center in Pompano Beach, Fla. Joe Cavaretta±Sun Sentinel/TNS/Sipa USA
APTOPIX Kenya 2016 US Election
Comedians stage a mock election in the village of Kogelo, the home town of Sarah Obama, step-grandmother of President Barack Obama, in western Kenya, AP
A woman exits a polling station after voting in the presidential election in Newport, New Jersey.
A woman exits a polling station after voting in Newport, New Jersey. Eduardo Munoz Alvarez—AFP/Getty Images
Tigress and polar bear in Krasnoyarsk predict US presidential el
Felix the polar bear and Yunona the Amur tigress at the Royev Ruchei Zoo in Krasnoayrsk predicted the results of the election on Nov. 7, 2106.Sputnik via AP
Nation Goes Polls In Contentious Presidential Election Between Hillary Clinton And Donald Trump
Signs line a traffic circle in North Manchester, New Hampshire.Darren McCollester—Getty Images
2016 Election California Voting
David Delacruz votes as his dog Bozco waits at City Hall in San Francisco, Jeff Chiu—AP

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