Four people have died after supporters of outgoing US president Donald Trump invaded the US Capitol in an extraordinary attack on the heart of American democracy on Wednesday.
Supporters of US president Donald Trump climb on an inauguration platform on the West Front of the US Capitol during a riot on Wednesday. Photograph: Jose Luis Magana/AP
Supporters of US president Donald Trump protest outside the US Capitol. They later entered the Capitol as Congress debated the 2020 presidential election electoral vote certification. Photograph: ALEX EDELMAN/AFP via Getty Images
A man carries a Confederate flag as a mob protests the presidential election results, inside the Capitol in Washington on Wednesday. The Trump era has been marked by open expressions of racial bigotry. Photograph: Erin Schaff/The New York Times
A protester holds a Trump flag inside the US Capitol Building near the Senate chamber. Photograph: Win McNamee/Getty Images
Trump supporters gather outside the US Capitol building following a 'Stop the Steal' rally on Wednesday. Photograph: Spencer Platt/Getty Images
Police look from behind broken glass in the Capital rotunda door after pro-Trump protesters stormed the grounds leading to chaos, in Washington, DC. Photograph: Michael Reynolds/EPA
Trump supporters clash with police and security forces. Photograph: Brendan Smialowski/AFP
Pro-Trump rioters inside the US Capitol. Photograph: Roberto Schmidt/AFP via Getty Images
Trump supporters sit inside the office of Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi. Photograph: Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images
Another Trump supporter sits inside the office of Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi. Photograph: Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images
Rioters breach security and enter the Capitol building. Photograph: Roberto Schmidt/AFP via Getty Images
The National Guard arrives at the East Front of the US Capitol after pro-Trump rioters stormed the grounds. Photograph: Michael Reynolds/EPA
A supporter of Trump puts water in her eyes after US Capitol police officers deployed tear gas at demonstrators outside of the US Capitol on Wednesday. Photograph: Jose Luis Magana/AP
Supporters of US president Donald Trump are confronted by US Capitol police officers outside the Senate Chamber inside the Capitol building. Photograph: Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP
A Congress staffer holds his hands up while a Capitol police Swat team checks everyone in the room as they secure the floor of Trump supporters in Washington, DC. Donald Trump's supporters stormed a session of Congress held on Wednesday to certify Joe Biden's election win, triggering unprecedented chaos and violence at the heart of American democracy and accusations the president was attempting a coup. Photograph: Olivier Douliery/AFP via Getty Images
Trump supporters climb onto scaffolding for platforms that have been erected for inauguration ceremont for US president-elect Joe Biden. Photograph: Jose Luis Magana/AP
Violent protesters, loyal to Trump, storm the Capitol. Photograph: John Minchillo/AP
US Capitol police with guns drawn stand near a barricaded door as protesters try to break into the House Chamber at the Capitol on Wednesday. Photograph: Andrew Harnik/AP
Damage is seen inside the US Capitol building early on January 7th after supporters of Trump breeched security and entered the building during a session of Congress. Photograph: Olivier Doulieru/AFP via Getty Images
Authorities deploy tear gas as Trump supporters swarm the Capitol. Photograph: Kenny Holston/The New York Times
Trump supoorters scale the walls of the Capitol building. Photograph: Jason Andrew/The New York Times
Trump supporters clash with police and security forces as they storm the US Capitol in Washington on Wednesday. Photograph: Olivier Douliery/AFP via Getty Images
Demonstrators destroy broadcast video equipment outside the Capitol building after they earlier swarmed into the building in Washington. Photograph: Victor J Blue/Bloomberg
A protester is seen hanging from the balcony in the Senate chamber. Photograph: Win McNamee/Getty Images
A protester sits in the Senate chamber in Washington after Trump supporters broke into the building. Photograph: Win McNamee/Getty Images/Bloomberg
