In Pictures: Brazil in Chaos as Protesters Storm Government Buildings

Thousands of supporters of former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro stormed Brazil’s top seats of power Sunday, in an insurrection that drew comparisons with the US Capitol attack of Jan. 6, 2021.

Protesters swarmed the main government buildings in Brasilia, ransacked congress and rampaged through the presidential palace and supreme court, in an early test for President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. Here’s how events unfolded and how security forces eventually managed to regain control.