How Pokémon GO Became a Gaming Phenomenon
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A woman holds up her cell phone as she plays the Pokemon Go game in Lafayette Park in front of the White House in Washington, DC, July 12, 2016.
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( JIM WATSON/AFP / Getty )
Produced by Isabel Angell