Empire State Building in cherry blossom colors

NEW YORK, United States - Pupils of a local Japanese school switch on a scale model of the Empire State Building to light it up in pink and white in a ceremony at the lobby of the building in New York on April 26, 2012. The real building will be illuminated in the colors for three nights from sunset the following day in honor of the centennial of Japan's gift of cherry blossom trees to the United States.

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