People, who are first in line, await for tickets to the re-opened Washington Monument in Washington May 12, 2014. The monument, long a landmark on the U.S. capital's skyline, reopened on Monday after being closed for repairs for almost three years after it was damaged in a 5.8-magnitude earthquake in August 2011.


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