A member of the National Guard enforces an evacuation order of the National Mall as a concerned visitor holds a child on July 4, 2026 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Tyler M. Andrews/The Washington Post)
Visitors endure rain on the National Mall during the Embassy of Sweden’s annual Swedish Midsummer Celebration at the Sylvan Theater on June 12, 2026 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Tyler M. Andrews/The Washington Post)
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during the Faith and Freedom Coalition’s Road to Majority conference on June 26, 2026 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Tyler M. Andrews/The Washington Post)
Tarriona ‘Tank’ Ball, lead singer for Tank and the Bangas, a Grammy-award winning music group based in New Orleans, Louisiana, prepares for a show at the Lincoln Theatre on June 19, 2026 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Tyler M. Andrews/The Washington Post)
Members of the National Guard block off a street outside of the Great American State Fair at the National Mall on June 29, 2026 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Tyler M. Andrews/The Washington Post)
Projections can be seen on the giant columns within the Lincoln Memorial Undercroft museum on June 18, 2026 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Tyler M. Andrews/The Washington Post)
Hon. Elena Kagan, left, and Hon. Amy Coney Barrett, right, both associate justices of the U.S. Supreme Court, arrive to a House Appropriations Subcommittee at the Rayburn House Office Building on July 14, 2026 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Tyler M. Andrews/The Washington Post)
An elevated perspective from atop the Washington Monument shows the term 8647 vandalized in the grass along the National Mall on June 12, 2026 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Tyler M. Andrews/The Washington Post)
Rebecca Brodegard, center, and Jon Brodegard, right, sit on the National Mall with their children ahead of the ‘Salute For America’ event on July 4, 2026 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Tyler M. Andrews/The Washington Post)
Ward 4 Council member Janeese Lewis George poses for a selfie with a community member during the Ward 7 Juneteenth Parade on Branch Ave Southeast on June 19, 2026 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Tyler M. Andrews/The Washington Post)
5 science-backed health benefits of tea, from longevity to brain health. (Photo by Tyler M. Andrews/The Washington Post)
Authorities stand near the World War II Memorial following a vandalism incident on August 13, 2026 in Washington DC. (Photo by Tyler M. Andrews/The Washington Post)
Youth cool off in the M Street Water Park at Canal Park on July 9, 2026 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Tyler M. Andrews/The Washington Post)
Visitors stand in the shade outside of the Supreme Court of the United States on July 4, 2026 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Tyler M. Andrews/The Washington Post)
U.S. Sen. Darling Graham Nordone (R-SC), back-center, stands with her family as a military body bearer team carries the casket of the late U.S. Sen. Lindsey O. Graham (R-SC) outside the Washington National Cathedral on July 28, 2026 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Tyler M. Andrews/The Washington Post)
The ‘Frenchmen Street Fiyah’ float passes by the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery during the Krewe of Pyros Mardi Gras parade on August 8, 2026 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Tyler M. Andrews/The Washington Post)
Julian Bond, left, Connor Ho, front-center, and Evan Brown, right, ride in a boat as James Skipper, back- center, prepares to wakeboard in the Potomac River near the Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport on July 17, 2026 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Tyler M. Andrews/The Washington Post)
Community members from Muhammad Mosque #4 perform during the Ward 7 Juneteenth Parade at Randle Circle Southeast on June 19, 2026 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Tyler M. Andrews/The Washington Post)
