Fittingly for what some are calling the first "clickbait conclave”, the Vatican is providing a live footage feed of St Peter's Square.

It means that wherever you are in the world, despite the 133 cardinal-electors being sealed off from the world in the Sistine Chapel, you can follow the ballots of their votes by watching for smoke coming from the chimney on top of the famous chapel – which sits to the right of St Peter's Basilica as you look at the front of the basilica – that signals whether a new pope has been elected.