Report reveals damage to artistic treasures in Brazil riot

An agent walks past the head of a statue depicting the Greek goddess Themis, outside the Brazilian Supreme Court building that was damaged by supporters of Brazil’s former president Jair Bolsonaro, in Brasilia, Brazil (Eraldo Peres/AP)

The trail of destruction left behind by the horde of rioters who invaded government buildings in Brasilia on January 8 in an attack on Brazil’s democracy has been revealed.

Following a painstaking survey of the ruins, the national artistic heritage institute released a 50-page report, the bulk of which is a photographic catalogue of the damages.