Vice President Mike Pence and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., preside over a joint session of Congress to ratify President-elect Joe Biden's 306-232 Electoral College win over President Donald Trump, hours after a pro-Trump mob broke into the U.S. Capitol and disrupted proceedings. Photo credit goes here hide caption
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Rioters damaged the U.S. Capitol building after they breeched security and entered the building during a session of Congress. Lawmakers and other workers in the building had to hide for hours before heavily armed police cleared the building. OLIVIER DOULIERY/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Sen. Kelly Loeffler, R-Ga., announced Wednesday evening that she would no longer object to the Electoral College results from her state. Bloomberg/Bloomberg via Getty Images hide caption
A Trump flag flies over the grounds of the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, after a pro-Trump mob stormed the building, breaking windows and clashing with police officers. John Moore/Getty Images hide caption
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W. Va. Del. Derrick Evans, shown taking the oath of office in Charleston on Dec. 14, was seen in a video as part of the group of pro-Trump rioters who forced their way into the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday. Perry Bennett/AP hide caption
A police officer stands guard as supporters of President Donald Trump protest Wednesday in Los Angeles, Calif. Ringo Chiu/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Some National Guard troops are seen behind shields outside the Capitol building in Washington, D.C., Wednesday evening. Roberto Schmidt/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Police stand behind their shields outside the Capitol after a day of rioting on Wednesday. Julio Cortez/AP hide caption
Japan's Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga speaks during a news conference in Tokyo on Thursday, where he declared a state of emergency for Tokyo and neighboring prefectures amid a new surge in COVID-19 cases. Kiyoshi Ota/Getty Images hide caption
A first grade student raises her hand at Mary L. Fonseca Elementary School in Fall River, Mass., in November. Jessica Rinaldi/Boston Globe via Getty Images hide caption
Biden was expected to deliver remarks on the economy, but instead addressed the protestors who forcefully stormed the U.S. Capitol to prevent Congress from certifying Biden's election. Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Democratic Sen. Tammy Duckworth of Illinois, pictured in September, was in the U.S. Capitol complex Wednesday as pro-Trump rioters stormed the Capitol building. Alex Brandon/AP hide caption
Rep. Ilhan Omar, seen here in 2019, said Wednesday that she is drafting articles of impeachment against President Trump, as pro-Trump extremists stormed the U.S. Capitol. Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP hide caption
Twitter on Wednesday removed three of President Trump's tweets over violations of its policies and warned that Trump's account could be kicked off the platform if Trump continued to break the rules. Twitter.com hide caption
Gabriel Sterling, Georgia's Voting System Implementation manager, fact checks President Trump's claims about voting at a press conference Monday. Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images hide caption
LaTosha Brown, shown here in Memphis, Tenn., co-founded the Black Voters Matter organization in 2016. Dean Anthony II/Black Voters Matter hide caption
Nurse Janet Gilleran prepares to treat COVID-19 patient Mike Mokler with bamlanivimab, a monoclonal antibody drug from Eli Lilly, at the Respiratory Infection Clinic of Tufts Medical Center in Boston on Dec. 31, 2020. Craig F. Walker/Boston Globe via Getty Images hide caption
A nurse prepares to administer the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine to Dr. Jean-Christophe Richard in La Croix-Rousse hospital, in Lyon, France, on Wednesday. Amid public outcry, France's health minister promised Tuesday an "exponential" acceleration of his country's slow coronavirus vaccination process. Laurent Cipriani/AP hide caption
In this May 10, 2016 file photo, Supreme Court nominee Merrick Garland smiles on Capitol Hill in Washington. Susan Walsh/AP hide caption
Emergency medical technician Breonna Taylor, 26, was shot and killed by police in her home in March. Her name has become a rallying cry in protests against police brutality and social injustice. Taylor family hide caption
Caribou graze on the coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. The Trump administration has held the first ever oil lease sale in the refuge. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service hide caption
German Minister for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth Franziska Giffey during the meeting of the German cabinet on Wednesday in Berlin. The cabinet approved a draft law that would require women on the executive boards of large publicly held companies. Clemens Bilan/Getty Images hide caption
A Utah man has pleaded guilty after authorities said he was caught digging in Fort Yellowstone Cemetery, in Yellowstone National Park, Wyo., in search of hidden treasure. National Park Service/AP hide caption
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