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Brazilian authorities were picking up pieces and investigating Monday after thousands of ex-President Jair Bolsonaro’s supporters stormed Congress, the Supreme Court and presidential palace then trashed the nation’s highest seats of power.

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A man holds a Brazilian flag from the window of a bus as he is detained by police after a camp set up by supporters of Brazil's former President Jair Bolsonaro was dismantled in Brasilia, Brazil.AMANDA PEROBELLI/Reuters

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The damage at Brazil’s National Congress following a protest by supporters of Brazil's former President Jair Bolsonaro against President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, in Brasilia, Brazil.ADRIANO MACHADO/Reuters

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A nearly empty street is seen following a protest by supporters of Brazil's former President Jair Bolsonaro against President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, in Brasilia, Brazil.ADRIANO MACHADO/Reuters

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Workers measure the windows at Planalto Palace the day after it was stormed by supporters of Brazil's former President Jair Bolsonaro in Brasilia, Brazil.Eraldo Peres/The Associated Press

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Supporters of Brazil's former President Jair Bolsonaro leave a camp outside the Army Headquarters as members of the military take down a tent, in Brasilia, Brazil.AMANDA PEROBELLI/Reuters

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Members of the military work at a camp left by supporters of Brazil's former President Jair Bolsonaro, outside the Army Headquarters in Brasilia, Brazil.AMANDA PEROBELLI/Reuters

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Supporters of Brazil's far-right ex-president Jair Bolsonaro leave the area while soldiers dismantle the camp they had set up in front of the Army headquarters in Brasilia.MAURO PIMENTEL/AFP/Getty Images

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Partial view of one entrance of Planalto Presidential Palace vandalized by supporters of Brazilian former President Jair Bolsonaro during an invasion, in Brasilia.CARL DE SOUZA/AFP/Getty Images

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Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula Da Silva meets with Supreme Court ministers and his Cabinet at Planalto Presidential Palace in Brasilia.CARL DE SOUZA/AFP/Getty Images

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Supreme Court ministers (L) and cabinet at Planalto Presidential Palace in Brasilia meets with Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula Da Silva.CARL DE SOUZA/AFP/Getty Images

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A demonstrator carries belongings as he leaves while soldiers dismantle a camp by supporters of Brazil's far-right ex-president Jair Bolsonaro that had been set up in front of the Army headquarters in Brasilia.MAURO PIMENTEL/AFP/Getty Images

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The entrance of Planalto Presidential Palace damaged by supporters of Brazilian former President Jair Bolsonaro during an invasion, in Brasilia.CARL DE SOUZA/AFP/Getty Images

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Soldiers dismantle a camp by supporters of Brazil's far-right ex-president Jair Bolsonaro that had been set up in front of the Army headquarters in Brasilia.MAURO PIMENTEL/AFP/Getty Images

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Supporters of Brazil's far-right ex-president Jair Bolsonaro leave the area while soldiers dismantle the camp they had set up in front of the Army headquarters in Brasilia.MAURO PIMENTEL/AFP/Getty Images

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Soldiers dismantle a camp by supporters of Brazil's far-right ex-president Jair Bolsonaro that had been set up in front of the Army headquarters in Brasilia.MAURO PIMENTEL/AFP/Getty Images

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A demonstrator is escorted away as a camp by supporters of Brazil's far-right ex-president Jair Bolsonaro that had been set up in front of the Army headquarters in Brasilia.MAURO PIMENTEL/AFP/Getty Images

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Offices damaged by supporters of Brazilian former President Jair Bolsonaro during an invasion at Planalto Presdiential Palace in Brasilia.CARL DE SOUZA/AFP/Getty Images

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People walk past a broken window, after the supporters of Brazil's former President Jair Bolsonaro rioted at Planalto Palace, in Brasilia, Brazil.UESLEI MARCELINO/Reuters

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People walk near damaged furniture, after the supporters of Brazil's former President Jair Bolsonaro had stormed the offices at Planalto Palace, in Brasilia, Brazil.UESLEI MARCELINO/Reuters

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People inspect the damage, after the supporters of Brazil's former President Jair Bolsonaro rioted at Planalto Palace, in Brasilia, Brazil.UESLEI MARCELINO/Reuters

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