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Luiz Ignacio Lula da Silva's supporters are celebrating his narrow election victory in Brazil but there is tension in the air over Jair Bolsonaro's silence
Supporters of former Brazil president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva shed tears of joy and hug each other as they celebrate victory in Rio de Janeiro. Lula won a new term in office, capping a remarkable political comeback to defeat far-right incumbent Jair Bolsonaro in a deeply divisive, down-to-the-wire runoff election. IMAGES
Rival supporters gathered in Sao Paulo ahead of Sunday's election, with opinion polls suggesting ex-president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva leads the right-wing incumbent, Jair Bolsonaro.
In Sao Paulo, thousands of pro-Bolsonaro protesters demonstrate near the military command centre, demanding their intervention after Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro has "authorised" the transition to a new government, without acknowledging his defeat to leftist rival Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, and called for "peaceful" protests. IMAGES
A supporter of ex-president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva holds a fake coffin with a portrait of incumbent president Jair Bolsonaro as the former holds a narrow lead over the latter with more than 90% of the polling stations reporting. Brazilians are on the edge of their seats awaiting final results from the bitterly divisive race between the two seen as too close to call. IMAGES
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