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Supporters of US President Donald Trump have breached barricades and broke into the Capitol, forcing an evacuation of the building on Wednesday in Washington.
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President-Elect Joe Biden has called the violence a "dark moment" for America.
Both chambers of Congress abruptly recessed as they were debating the Electoral College vote that gave Joe Biden the presidency.
Below are images from the unrest in Washington today, as told from journalists and news outlets on the ground in America: