- Thousands of protesters from across the US gathered in Washington, DC, on Wednesday to protest the presidential vote certification in Congress.
- The protests turned into riots, leading to the Capitol building being evacuated as insurrectionists stormed the building in an attempted coup.
- Prior to the vote certification process,
Trump whipped his supporters into a frenzy using a groundless claim that Congress can selectively throw out states' electoral votes based on unsubstantiated assertions of fraud. - Newspapers from around the world and across the US documented the attempted coup on their front pages.
What started as a protest in Washington, DC, on Wednesday against the presidential vote certification in Congress, turned into a riot, ultimately leading to the
Members of Congress were rushed into tunnel systems for safety in the middle of the certifying Arizona's electoral votes around 1:30 p.m. ET. In the following hours, pro-Trump insurrectionists ransacked the Capitol building, leaving a trail of destruction in their path that remained on Thursday morning.
The attempted coup resulted in the deaths of four protesters: one woman who was shot inside of the Capitol, and three protesters who died from medical complications.
Wednesday's attempted coup was extensively chronicled on the front pages of newspapers around the globe and across the US.
Insider collected 52 of the world's front pages that documented one of the most violent days in recent US history (may take time to load all newspaper front pages):
Canada:
—Ottawa Sun (@ottawasuncom) January 7, 2021
—Savannah Awde (@s_awde7) January 7, 2021
England:
—The Telegraph (@Telegraph) January 6, 2021
—The Guardian (@guardian) January 6, 2021
—Metro Newspaper UK (@MetroUKNews) January 6, 2021
—Financial Times (@FinancialTimes) January 7, 2021
France:
—QAriès (@QuentinAries) January 6, 2021
Italy:
—La Stampa (@LaStampa) January 7, 2021
—Repubblica (@repubblica) January 7, 2021
Israel:
—The Jerusalem Post (@Jerusalem_Post) January 7, 2021
Australia:
—The West Australian (@westaustralian) January 7, 2021
Spain:
—EL MUNDO (@elmundoes) January 7, 2021
—Carly Ortiz-Lytle (@intlcarly) January 7, 2021
Nigeria:
—Nigerian Tribune (@nigeriantribune) January 7, 2021
And in the United States:
—The New York Times (@nytimes) January 7, 2021
—Los Angeles Times (@latimes) January 7, 2021
—Star Tribune (@StarTribune) January 7, 2021
—Columbia Missourian (@CoMissourian) January 7, 2021
—Charles Bethea (@charlesbethea) January 7, 2021
—Jonathan Tamari (@JonathanTamari) January 7, 2021
—Detroit Free Press (@freep) January 7, 2021
—The Seattle Times (@seattletimes) January 7, 2021
—David Carson (@PDPJ) January 7, 2021
—Jon Seidel (@SeidelContent) January 7, 2021
—Daniel Hunt (@edit4life) January 7, 2021
—Brian Duggan (@brianduggan) January 7, 2021
—The Denver Post (@denverpost) January 7, 2021
—San Francisco Chronicle (@sfchronicle) January 7, 2021
—Silvia Foster-Frau (@SilviaElenaFF) January 7, 2021
—IndyStar (@indystar) January 7, 2021
—Joseph Kieta (@josephkieta) January 7, 2021
—Cal Lundmark (@calundmark) January 7, 2021
—Ema Sasic (@ema_sasic) January 7, 2021
—Stephanie Murray (@stephanie_murr) January 7, 2021
—genna contino (@GennaContino) January 7, 2021
—AR Democrat-Gazette (@ArkansasOnline) January 7, 2021
—Ash Miller (@Aminboise) January 7, 2021
—The Baltimore Sun (@baltimoresun) January 7, 2021
—The Morning Call Guild ☀️Save local news (@mcallguild) January 7, 2021
—CapeAtlanticNews (@CapeAtlanticNWS) January 7, 2021
—The Advocate (@theadvocatebr) January 7, 2021
—Gregory Bryant (@GregBryantCCT) January 7, 2021
—Ian Munro - Daily News-Record (@iamIanMunro) January 7, 2021
—Meredith Newman (@MereNewman) January 7, 2021
—Jon Alexander (@jonwalexander) January 7, 2021
—Galesburg.com (@Galesburg) January 7, 2021
—Laura Martinez (@laurabrmartinez) January 7, 2021
—Tampa Bay Times (@TB_Times) January 7, 2021
—Olivia Roberts (@OliviaKXLY) January 7, 2021
—Kelli Krebs (@thereal_kkrebs) January 7, 2021
—Roger Simmons (@RogerSimmons) January 7, 2021
—New York Post (@nypost) January 7, 2021Expanded Coverage Module: capitol-siege-module