Globe photos of the week, July 6, 2012 (Photo 1 of 13) - Pictures

FOR METRO. Cambridge, MA 7/4/2012 ***Please credit location*** The Boston Pops Fireworks Spectacular lights up the sky over the Charles River with the Boston skyline in the background, as seen from the MIT Media Lab in Cambridge, MA on Wednesday, July 4, 2012. (Yoon S. Byun/Globe Staff) Section: METRO Slug: 05fireworks Reporter: n/a LOID: 5.0.1803055705

Fireworks lit up the sky over the Charles River on July 4, 2012.

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06/30/2012 BOSTON, MA Midshipman stand along the rigging of the ARC Gloria (cq) of Colombia, as it enters Boston Harbor (cq) during OpSail's (cq) Tall Ship arrival event. (Aram Boghosian for The Boston Globe)

Midshipmen stood along the rigging of the ARC Gloria of Colombia as it entered Boston Harbor during the arrival of the Tall Ships.

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Boston, MA - 7/04/2012 - Eduard Rueda, cq, of Dorchester, waited out the rain with a plastic sheet while in line to enter the area around the Hatch Shell. Thousands of Fourth of July fans lined up early in the rain to get a prime spot on Boston's Esplanade to hear the Boston Pops concert and watch the fireworks over the Charles River. Topic: 05esplanade Dina Rudick/Globe Staff

Eduard Rueda of Dorchester waited out the rain with a plastic sheet while waiting to enter the area around the Hatch Shell for the Fourth of July Boston Pops concert.

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Metro - 02privateer - Boston, MA - 07/01/2012 -- Aboard the 1812-era ship the Pride of Baltimore II, 2nd Mate John Pickering cleans the barrel of a replica smooth-bore gun during a battle reenactment against the Privateer Lynx in Boston Harbor. (Tamir Kalifa for The Boston Globe)

Aboard the 1812-era ship the Pride of Baltimore II, Second Mate John Pickering cleaned the barrel of a replica smooth-bore gun during a battle reenactment in Boston Harbor.

Tamir Kalifa for The Boston Globe |

Metro - 05fourth - Boston, MA - 07/04/2012 -- Claire Minney sprays Jeffery Reaume with a plastic water gun in their tent while they wait for the Fourth of July celebrations to begin at the Hatch Shell. (Tamir Kalifa for The Boston Globe)

Claire Minney sprayed Jeffery Reaume with a plastic water gun while they wait for the Fourth of July celebrations to begin at the Hatch Shell.

Tamir Kalifa for The Boston Globe |

Revere, MA., 07/02/12, Sections of Revere Beach are roped off to protect the shore bird--the Piping Plover. Eight year old Steven O'Leary, cq, of Wilmington, gets a closer look at what's protected behind the roped off area. Section: Metro Suzanne Kreiter/Globe staff

Steven O'Leary, 8, of Wilmington got a closer look at a setion of Revere Beach roped off to protect the piping plovers.

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Boston-06/28//2012 The Frog Pond fountain in The Boston Common opened for the season as children and adults took advantage of it to cool off on a warm day. Henry Allushi, 7 from Boston laughs as he plays in the water wearing his patriotic swimtrunks. .Globe staff Photo by John Tlumacki(metro)

Henry Allushi, 7, of Boston played in the Frog Pond fountain on the Boston Common.

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Waltham, MA 0630 Alexandra Corney (Cq) of Braintree, MA was among close to 300 women who showed up to the Celtics' training facility in Waltham, MA for Celtic Dancers tryouts on June 30, 2012. (Essdras M Suarez/ Globe Staff)/ MET

Close to 300 women showed up to the Boston Celtics' training facility in Waltham to try out for the Celtic Dancers.

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Boston, MA - 7/01/2012 - Topic: 02mbta - Edward Barron, cq, 95 and Anne Barron, cq, 90, are West End residents who frequently use the MBTA's The Ride service. The MBTA enacted service cuts and 23 percent fare increases as well as increases to The Ride services on Sunday, July 1, 2012. Story by Matt Byrne/Globe Staff - Dina Rudick/Globe Staff

Edward Barron, 95, and Anne Barron, 90, of Boston frequently use the MBTA's The Ride service, which had service cut and fares increased on July 1.

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BOSTON ,MA 07/05/ 2012: A man on board the yacht Winter Ranch takes a photo of the damage with his cell phoneTwo boats Island Adventure and Winter Ranch had a collision by Commercial Wharf with two minor injuries and samll amount of damage to a yacht on the waterfront investigated by Coast Giard, Boston Police and other officials. ( David L Ryan / Globe Staff Photo ) SECTION: METRO TOPIC 05collide

A man on board the yacht Winter Ranch took a photo of the damage after a collision with the Island Adventure near Commercial Wharf.

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Metro - 30citizenphoto - Boston, MA - 06/29/2012 -- 4-year-old Bryan Otokunrin of Nigeria waits with his family for the start of a naturalization ceremony at the Seaport World Trade Center where 1,665 immigrants from 113 countries became American citizens. (Tamir Kalifa for The Boston Globe)

Bryan Otokunrin, 4, of Nigeria waited with his family for the start of a naturalization ceremony at the Seaport World Trade Center where 1,665 immigrants from 113 countries became American citizens.

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Metro - 01ironsides - Charlestown - 06/30/2012 -- Visitors to the USS Constitution Museum at the Boston Navy Yard observe a scale model of the historic American warship. (Tamir Kalifa for The Boston Globe.

Visitors to the USS Constitution Museum at the Boston Navy Yard in Charlestown observed a scale model of the historic American warship.

Tamir Kalifa for The Boston Globe |

FOR METRO. Boston, MA 7/2/2012 Team Chief Brad Woodard, SEAL (cq) sprays smoke while parachuting down. The US Navy's

Navy SEAL Parachute Team Chief Brad Woodard sprayed smoke while parachuting down to the Boston Common.

Yoon S. Byun/globe staff |