People were evacuated in the blocks surrounding the Canadian Embassy on Pennsylvania Avenue, after a suspicious package was reported there on Thursday.

Hundreds of workers and tourists are gathered on the sidewalks. The street was blocked off by police cars, and marked with caution tape.

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