Washington, D.C., April 2, 2007—A woman takes a photograph of the Jefferson Memorial from across the Tidal Basin during Washington, D.C.'s National Cherry Blossom Festival.

The annual festival celebrates the blooming of Washington's cherry trees, which were presented to the city in 1912 by the people of Japan as a token of friendship.

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