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After the storming of the Congress building in Washington by militant supporters of the elected US President Donald Trump, soldiers of the National Guard were sent to the US capital.
After Trump gave a speech to demonstrators, angry supporters had moved to the Capitol and stormed the building.
Shortly before that, a session of Congress had taken place in the Capitol to confirm the results of the presidential election and thus the victory of Democrat Joe Biden.
WELT shows the harrowing images from Washington:
A Trump supporter made it into the office of Nancy Pelosi, speaker of the House of Representatives, and made herself comfortable in her chair
Source: AFP / SAUL LOEB
Protestants in the parliament building try to get past security guards
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Manuel Balce Ceneta
Police officers with machine guns were able to arrest some people
Source: Getty Images / Drew Angerer
One of the Protestants walks through a hall of the Capitol with a lectern in his arms
Source: AFP / WIN MCNAMEE
A supporter waves a Trump flag in the Capitol on the way to the Senate Chamber.
A meeting of the congress had previously taken place there
Source: AFP / WIN MCNAMEE
Supporters of US President Donald Trump wave flags in the Capitol and pose for photos
Source: AFP / SAUL LOEB
Police aim guns at a door of the Senast Chamber.
Protesters riot and try to break through the door
Source: AFP / Drew Angerer
Protesters attacked journalists on the street in front of the Capitol and destroyed their equipment
Source: AP / Jose Luis Magana
Hundreds of demonstrators in front of the Capitol.
You are trying to break into the building.
Some of them made it
Source: CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images / Bill Clark
Trump supporters in the corridors of the Parliament building.
They film their every step.
The smoke is said to come from tear gas
Source: AFP / SAUL LOEB
A Trump supporter wears a gas mask while storming the Washington Capitol.
Smoke can be seen in the background.
Source: AFP / BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI
Smile, please: Supporters of US President Trump take photos in the building, brazen and carefree
A protester poses for the picture in a Keep America Great sweater
Source: AFP via Getty Images / SAUL LOEB
People in the House of Representatives seek protection from the demonstrators who try to break into the chamber
Source: AP / Andrew Harnik
A protester jumps from the gallery of the Senate Chamber and gains entry
Source: AFP / WIN MCNAMEE
A protester with a Trump flag over his shoulders sits in the chair of the Senate Chamber
Source: AFP / WIN MCNAMEE
A police officer fights with a Trump supporter
Source: REUTERS
In the early evening the National Guard arrived and formed a protective line around the Capitol, which by then had been cleared
Source: AFP / TASOS KATOPODIS
Thousands of people listened to the president's speech.
Then there were riots and the storming of the Capitol
Source: dpa-infocom GmbH