Barriers went down at federal memorials, National Park Service sites, as well as the Smithsonian Institution's network of popular museums and thousands of furloughed federal workers returned to work across the country October 17, 2013 after 16 days off the job due to the partial government shutdown.
U.S. shutdown ends: parks, museums and monuments reopen

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이집트 카이로대 학생들이 호스티 무바라크 전 대통령이 무죄 판결을 받은 데 항의하는 시위를 벌이고 있다.

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With the Lincoln Memorial in the distance, a worker cleans the fountain at the World War II Memorial in Washington, D.C., Oct. 17, 2013.

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Pres. Barack Obama, speaking in Washington, D.C., is seen on a screen on the floor of the N.Y. Stock Exchange, Oct. 17, 2013. Obama says the government shutdown "inflicted unnecessary damage" to the U.S. economy.

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National Park Service employees remove barricades from the grounds of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, Thursday, Oct. 17, 2013.