A replica of the Statue of Liberty stands behind clothes hanging to dry at a home on outskirts of Buenos Aires, Argentina, Wednesday, June 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
As the United States marks 250 years, its symbols continue to travel far beyond its borders — from Statue of Liberty replicas to themed stores, restaurants and classic American cars.
The scenes reveal how the American idea is celebrated, borrowed, reshaped and, in some places, rejected.
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This is a photo gallery curated by AP photo editors.
A taxi driver navigates his classic American car past the “Capitolio,” inspired by the U.S. Capitol among other iconic buildings around the world, in Havana, Cuba, Thursday, June 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)A light show illuminates a U.S. flag on the Hoover Dam at the Lake Mead National Recreation Area Tuesday, June 30, 2026, near Boulder City, Nevada. (AP Photo/John Locher)A visitor mimics the position of the Statue of Liberty as she poses by the replica standing at Odaiba Seaside Park in Tokyo, Wednesday, June 17, 2026. (AP Photo/Hiro Komae)An iconic portrait of U.S. Army sergeant Jeff Harper, by artist Frank Thiel, is displayed at the former allied Checkpoint Charlie, which marks the border between former East and West Berlin during the Cold War until the fall of the wall, in Berlin, Germany, Thursday, June 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)A replica of the Statue of Liberty stands at the New York-New York hotel and Casino on Las Vegas Strip, Wednesday, June 3, 2026, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher)FILE – Tudor Lakatos, who goes by the stage name Elvis Rromano, tests the microphone at the Terasa Florilor restaurant before performing as President Donald Trump appears on a television screen during a news broadcast, in Bucharest, Romania, June 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Andreea Alexandru, File)FILE – A poster depicts Donald Trump in the window of a closed fast food restaurant in Bucharest, Romania, May 13, 2024. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda, File)A mural that interprets the Statue of Liberty wearing a Mexican sombrero and traditional dress decorate the Texas-style restaurant El Pinche Gringo BBQ in Polanco, Mexico City, Tuesday, June 23, 2026. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)People wait for a bus next to a replica of the Statue of Liberty, made as a symbol of Romanian-American friendship by 90 year old Romanian artist Cristian Petru Balan, who lives in the U.S., in the village of Boldesti–Scaieni in southern Romania, Friday, June 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)Cowboy boots, hats and belt buckles are on display at a store in Monterrey, northern Mexico, Tuesday, June 23, 2026. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)A man walks past The Fixxers shoe repair shop, decorated with a sculpture with a unique painting imitating the Statue of Liberty, in Fussa, west of Tokyo, Saturday, June 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Hiro Komae)FILE – An interpretation of the Statue of Liberty and the U.S. flag decorate the entrance of the former U.S. Embassy, which was made into an anti-American museum, in Tehran, Iran, June 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi, File)FILE – A miniature replica of the Statue of Liberty stands in the Dauphin Narrows stretch of the Susquehanna River, April 24, 2025, in Dauphin, Pennsylvania. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)A building called Cholet is decorated with a replica of the Statue of Liberty in El Alto, Bolivia, Wednesday, June 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)Patrons dine at La Pica de Clinton restaurant in Santiago, Chile, Wednesday, June 24, 2026. The popular eatery earned its name after former U.S. President Bill Clinton made an impromptu stop to buy a Coca-Cola while attending the Second Summit of the Americas in 1998, a highly publicized moment that turned the local establishment into a landmark. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)A building in Buenos Aires, Argentina, imitates the top of Manhattan’s Chrysler building, Thursday, June 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)A man eats lunch in the Elvis Inn restaurant at a gas station in Neve Ilan, between Jerusalem and Tel Aviv, Israel, Thursday, June 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)A Spiderman superhero statue decorates the Cholet building in El Alto, Bolivia, Tuesday, June 23, 2026. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)A child rides a scooter in circles around a replica of the Statue of Liberty, installed in 1952 by the Boy Scouts of America, at Alki Beach Park in Seattle, Washington, Wednesday, June 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)FILE – A banner of President Donald Trump reads “Republicans for Freedom” as supporters of Calin Georgescu, winner of the first round of presidential election, which was annulled by the Constitutional Court, hold a protest march in Bucharest, Romania, Feb. 22, 2025, File. (AP Photo/Andreea Alexandru, File)A replica of the Statue of Liberty stands over U.S. Highway 80 at the entrance of Forney, Texas, Friday, May 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)Tourists pose for photos at the reconstructed, former allied Checkpoint Charlie, which marks the border between former East and West Berlin during the Cold War, until the fall of the wall, in Berlin, Germany, Friday, June 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)Visitors pose for a photo near the replica of the Statue of Liberty at Odaiba Seaside Park in Tokyo, Wednesday, June 17, 2026. (AP Photo/Hiro Komae)FILE – An aerial view shows the Statue of Liberty on Liberty Island in New York Harbor, June 9, 2026. (AP Photo/Kelly Marsh, File)
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