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Police cleared the Capitol interior about 6 p.m. and were working to move people away from the grounds Wednesday night.

These are photos from the scene.

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 <img src="https://media.nationthailand.com/uploads/images/2021/01/07/trumpmobb.png?x-image-process=style/lg-webp" alt="People stand outside the Capitol on Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021. MUST CREDIT: Photo for The Washington Post by Amanda Voisard" class="img-fluid w-100 showcaption-true" style="width: 634px; height: 428px;" width="634" height="428" loading="lazy" />
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 <img src="https://media.nationthailand.com/uploads/images/2021/01/07/trumpmobc.jpg?x-image-process=style/lg-webp" alt="Trump supporters make their way up Constitution Avenue en route to the Capitol after the president gave a speech at the White House Ellipse on Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021. MUST CREDIT: Washington Post photo by Michael S. Williamson" class="img-fluid w-100 showcaption-true" style="width: 1200px; height: 821px;" width="1200" height="821" loading="lazy" />
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 <img src="https://media.nationthailand.com/uploads/images/2021/01/07/trumpmobd.png?x-image-process=style/lg-webp" alt="A mob of rioters push into Capitol police on Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021. MUST CREDIT: Washington Post photo by Michael Robinson Chavez" class="img-fluid w-100 showcaption-true" style="width: 634px; height: 420px;" width="634" height="420" loading="lazy" />
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 <img src="https://media.nationthailand.com/uploads/images/2021/01/07/trumpmobe.png?x-image-process=style/lg-webp" alt="A mob of rioters bursts through a door at the Capitol on Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021. MUST CREDIT: Photo for The Washington Post by Amanda Voisard" class="img-fluid w-100 showcaption-true" style="width: 634px; height: 420px;" width="634" height="420" loading="lazy" />
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 <img src="https://media.nationthailand.com/uploads/images/2021/01/07/trumpmobh.jpg?x-image-process=style/lg-webp" alt="Police clear the U.S. Capitol grounds after a pro-Trump mob rioted there on Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021. MUST CREDIT: Washington Post photo by Katherine Frey" class="img-fluid w-100 showcaption-true" style="width: 1200px; height: 798px;" width="1200" height="798" loading="lazy" />
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Photos from the D.C. riots

A mob of rioters pushed past police and into the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday as Congress debated the certification of the presidential election. A person was shot and later died, and District of Columbia Mayor Muriel Bowser, a Democrat, imposed a 6 p.m. curfew.