Digital image of a young child looking up the steps of the U.S. Capitol

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A color digital image of a young child looking up the steps of United States Capitol as the late Congressman John R. Lewis lies in state. The child has his back turned, leaning with both of his arms on the velvet rope at the bottom of the stairs. They are wearing a horizontally striped shirt of red, blue, and white. In the far distance at the top of the steps is the American flag-draped casket of Congressman Lewis, with white flowers on the top stair step.

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