In Photos: Celebrating the Fourth of July

US Ambassador to Russia Jon Huntsman holds a reception marking US Independence Day in Moscow
Photograph: Vyacheslav Prokofyev/Tass

One of the Avondale Estates Fourth of July parade floats
Photograph: Erik S Lesser/EPA

Whitley Grawunder, 6, and Ayla Schubert, 3, share a horse’s saddle during the 168th annual Round Top Fourth of July Parade in Texas
Photograph: Tamir Kalifa/Getty Images