In photos: One-year anniversary of the U.S. Capitol riot in Washington
President Joe Biden urged Americans to reject lies and live by the “light of truth” in remarks on Thursday to commemorate the first anniversary of the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol by supporters of former President Donald Trump.
U.S. Capitol Police keep watch on the West-Front of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C.JONATHAN ERNST/Reuters
Artist Stephen Parlato, who is demonstrating against the January 6th attackers, holds a banner as he stands next to a U.S. Capitol Police member in front of the U.S. Capitol, on the first anniversary of the January 6, 2021 riot in Washington.JONATHAN ERNST/Reuters
Keith Scott, who was part of the crowd of supporters of then US President Donald Trump outside the US Capitol, waves a flag on the first anniversary of the attack in Washington, DC.SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images
President Joe Biden listens as Vice President Kamala Harris speaks from Statuary Hall at the U.S. Capitol in Washington. D.C.Andrew Harnik/The Associated Press
A year after the attack on the U.S. Capitol, U.S. Park Police patrol the National Mall, with the Capitol in the background, in Washington.Jacquelyn Martin/The Associated Press
President Joe Biden arrives with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer of N.Y., through the Hall of Columns on his way to speak from Statuary Hall at the U.S. Capitol to mark the one year anniversary of the Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol by supporters loyal to then-President Donald Trump.EVELYN HOCKSTEIN/The Associated Press
A large group of police arrive at the Capitol in Washington. D.C.Evan Vucci/The Associated Press
A morning jogger watches as the Sun rises over the Capitol, in Washington. D.C.Julio Cortez/The Associated Press
A U.S. Park Police helicopter patrols overhead near the Washington Monument in Washington, D.C.TOM BRENNER/Reuters
U.S. Capitol Police members are briefed by Chief J. Thomas Manger on the east side of the U.S. Capitol on the first anniversary of the January 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol by supporters of former President Donald Trump, on Capitol Hill in Washington.JONATHAN ERNST/Reuters
Snow covers the West Front of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, DC.Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images
US President Joe Biden listens as Vice President Kamala Harris speak at the US Capitol in Washington, DC.DREW ANGERER/AFP/Getty Images
Members of U.S. Capitol Police arrive for duty outside the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C.JONATHAN ERNST/Reuters
A person touches the Washington monument as the sun rises over the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C.TOM BRENNER/Reuters
President Joe Biden gives remarks in Statuary Hall of the US Capitol in Washington, DC.JABIN BOTSFORD/AFP/Getty Images