Globe photos of the week, July 6, 2012
Fireworks lit up the sky over the Charles River on July 4, 2012.
Yoon S. Byun/globe staff
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Midshipmen stood along the rigging of the ARC Gloria of Colombia as it entered Boston Harbor during the arrival of the Tall Ships.
Aram Boghosian for The Boston Globe
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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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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
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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
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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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Henry Allushi, 7, of Boston played in the Frog Pond fountain on the Boston Common.
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Close to 300 women showed up to the Boston Celtics' training facility in Waltham to try out for the Celtic Dancers.
Essdras M Suarez/globe staff
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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.
Dina Rudick/globe staff
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A man on board the yacht Winter Ranch took a photo of the damage after a collision with the Island Adventure near Commercial Wharf.
David L. Ryan/globe staff
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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.
Tamir Kalifa for The Boston Globe
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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
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Navy SEAL Parachute Team Chief Brad Woodard sprayed smoke while parachuting down to the Boston Common.
Yoon S. Byun/globe staff
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