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Wildwood, N.J., Jan. 28, 2020. Trump rallies have a certain formula. He is a showman trying out new lines and new tricks to see how the audience responds. The successful lines become part of the act, and the rest are discarded. He always stokes anger at the 'fake news,' and thousands turn around to boo the media and give us the finger. Yet when we talk to Trump's supporters before and after his speech, they are generally kind and polite. After I had a violent encounter with a mob in Egypt in 2011, I know how quickly and easily groups of people can turn.

A Photographer's Diary of 12 Turbulent Months in Trump's America

It would be too much to say that if you’ve seen one Trump rally you’ve seen...

It would be too much to say that if you’ve seen one Trump rally you’ve seen them all. But “they all follow a predictable pattern,” says Peter van Agtmael, who has been attending them since...

U.S. Capitol Police officers watch a mob of supporters for President Donald Trump through a partially broken window of the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington on Jan. 6, 2021.

Inside the Capitol: A Photographer’s View of American Exceptionalism Under Siege

When a mob incited by President Donald Trump stormed the U.S. Capitol on We...

When a mob incited by President Donald Trump stormed the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, photographer Christopher Lee, on assignment for TIME, followed the rioters inside to document their destruction. The day, which started with the...

A mob of pro-Trump extremists breach the Capitol during a joint session of Congress to certify the 2020 election results in Washington, on Jan. 6.

A Pro-Trump Mob Stormed the Halls of Congress. Photographs From Inside the Chaos at the Capitol

A mob whipped up by the President stormed police lines, smashed windows and...

A mob whipped up by the President stormed police lines, smashed windows and broke into the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 in an attempt to block lawmakers from certifying President-elect Joe Biden’s electoral victory. The violent...

TIME's Top 10 Photos of 2020

These images acknowledge not just where we’ve been, but who we are

A COVID-19 patient is prepared for intubation by the anesthesiologist at Holy Name Medical Center in Teaneck, N.J., on March 31. The plastic tent is so the virus isn’t spread while transporting the patient between units.

TIME's Best Photojournalism of 2020

In news events chronicled by TIME photographers across the year, the invisi...

In news events chronicled by TIME photographers across the year, the invisible forces pushing us apart become visible: The plastic barriers built and the Tyvek worn to separate a pathogen from a human being. The...

Protester Ismail Bronson raises his fist at a peaceful demonstration at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., on June 2, eight days after George Floyd’s killing.

TIME's Top 100 Photos of 2020

The images—some stirring, some haunting, all indelible—that defined the yea...

The images—some stirring, some haunting, all indelible—that defined the year

Biden/Harris supporters (from left) Lorna Dilley and Faith Coffaro, Maggie and Carrie Killoran, Caroline Cahill and Eileen Force Cahill, and Alice Stephens and Lulu Rorabeck, on Milwaukee's East Side on Dec. 5, 2020.

Meet Some of the Supporters Who Helped Deliver the Election to Joe Biden and Kamala Harris

President-Elect Joe Biden and Vice President-Elect Kamala Harris were named...

President-Elect Joe Biden and Vice President-Elect Kamala Harris were named TIME’s 2020 person of the year on December 10, after winning the White House with a record-breaking 81 million votes. A diverse coalition of supporters...