Above: Tourists walk among the blossoming cherry trees around the tidal basin in Washington DC, USA, 29 March 2008. The annual cherry blossom festival brings thousands of tourists to the U.S. Capitol city. EPA/MATTHEW CAVANAUGH
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Mar. 28 - With the annual Cherry Blossom Festival kicking off in the US capital...organizers expect nearly a million visitors to be drawn to the city's tidal basin to see the show. The festival commemorates Japan's 1912 gift to the United States...three thousand cherry trees to mark a growing friendship between the countries.
Source: Reuters
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