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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