【Just a Stranger】

Jaws dropped,Just a Stranger nails were bitten, and Hillary Clinton supporters anxiously awaited the final results of the 2016 presidential election.

With Donald Trump projected to win a number of key swing states, the depression was perhaps the most palpable at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in New York, where Clinton supporters had gathered in droves for an expected victory. Then Trump picked up state after state and once full halls emptied, with attendees visibly emotional. The dark cloud extended to Wellesley, Massachusetts, home of the women's college Clinton famously attended.

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Clinton supporters crying at her campaign's HQ in New York City. #ElectionNight #Election2016 pic.twitter.com/ZLkJlg2Z9u

— CBC News (@CBCNews) November 9, 2016

Clinton donors, guests, supporters streaming out of Javits Center, won't take questions, crying, grim, crushed. #ElectionDay #2016election

— Molly O'Toole (@mollymotoole) November 9, 2016

A woman reacts to early polling numbers  in NYC. Credit: robyn beck/ AFP/Getty Images A man can barely hold back his feelings about poll results at Clinton's event in NYC. Credit: Aaron P. Bernstein/ getty Images Supporters  in NYC are aghast at Trump's lead in key states. Credit: JEWEL SAMAD/Getty Images The experience of watching poll results was tiring and emotionally draining for many Clinton supporters in NYC. Credit: Win McNamee/ getty Images A woman watches voting results at Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton's election night event at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center November 8, 2016 in New York City. Credit: Photo by Aaron P. Bernstein/Getty Images A Clinton supporter nervously waits to hear more elections results in NYC. Credit: Win McNamee/Getty Images Some NYC Clinton supporters just couldn't hold back. Credit: Win McNamee/ getty Images

The scene in Wellesley, and other parts of the world — from Seattle, Washington to London, England — was similarly bleak.

Wellesley College alum and Clinton supporter Maria Manning holds her head as she awaits elections results in the Massachusetts town. Credit: craig f. walker/ Boston Globe via Getty Images Another Wellesley College alumna and Clinton supporter, Alicia Fitch, comforts her 6-year-old daughter, Gwendolyn, while watching election results at Wellesley College. Credit: craig f. walker/ Boston Globe via Getty Images A Clinton supporter awaits polls results in Seattle, Washington. Credit: jason redmond/ AFP/Getty Images A Clinton supporter in London embraces someone right after Trump's projected to win Florida. Credit: chris j. ratcliffe/ Getty Images

Despite the gloom, some are still holding on to hope.

Clinton supporters come together to hold up a flag in her support, in the last crucial hours of the election. Credit: keith bedford/ Boston Globe via Getty Images

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