
Dignitaries applaud as the Cuban flag is raised over a reopened embassy in Washington on Monday, July 20. The symbolic move signals the start of a new era in U.S.-Cuba relations, and it came on the same day the U.S. Embassy opened in Havana, Cuba.

Visitors mingle in the newly reopened Cuban embassy in Washington.

A demonstrator covered in red paint is detained after the flag-raising ceremony at the Cuban embassy in Washington.

Cubans expecting their visas to the United States cross the street to enter the U.S. Embassy in Havana on July 20.

A man waves a banner in front of the U.S. Embassy in Havana on July 20.

Eugenio Lafargue cuts a client's hair inside his barbershop in Havana on Saturday, July 18.


