As the Northern Hemisphere begins to warm and the spring equinox has passed, flowers and trees finally appear to be in bloom. Gathered here today, a small collection of images from the past few weeks from North America, Asia, and Europe, of tulips, sunshine, and cherry blossoms—surely signs of warmer days to come.
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Read moreA visitor wearing a traditional Japanese kimono strolls under cherry blossoms in Tokyo on March 29, 2018. #
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Read moreGreater pasque flowers (Pulsatilla grandis) bloom on the rocky terrain near Salgotarjan, Hungary, on March 25, 2018. This protected perennial plant flowers from February to April on dry grasslands and in some forests. #
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Read moreA gardener makes finishing touches in a field of tulips in the Keukenhof in Lisse, Netherlands, on March 20, 2018. #
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Read moreA train passes through cherry blossoms in Shukugawa Park in Nishinomiya City, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan, on Mar 31, 2018. #
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Read moreCherry tree buds are silhouetted against the morning sky near the Washington Monument on March 27, 2018. #
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Read moreCherry blossoms on a hillside near Mount Yoshino in Yoshino, Japan, on April 3, 2018. The town of Yoshino in Nara Prefecture has become famous throughout Japan for the thousands of cherry trees that blossom in the spring, covering the slopes of Mount Yoshino and nearby hillsides. #
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Read morePeople take a picture of cherry blossoms in full bloom in Tokyo on March 30, 2018. #
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Read moreA huge Chinese character, Lóng (dragon), is carved into 80,000 square meters of rapeseed flowers blooming in a field in Anshun, Guizhou, China, on March 14, 2018. #
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Read moreHaley Ward, who says that she is dressed as the "Queen of Spring," attends the annual Easter Parade and Bonnet Festival in Manhattan on April 1, 2018. #
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Read moreDaffodils bloom below the iconic Space Needle on the morning of the spring equinox on March 20, 2018, in Seattle, Washington. #
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Read morePeople take photographs of cherry trees in bloom as the Tokyo Tower stands illuminated at night at the Chidorigafuchi moat on March 26, 2018 in Tokyo, Japan. #
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Read moreA woman takes pictures of early-blooming cherry blossom, called "Shidarezakura," at the Zojyoji Buddhist temple in Tokyo, on March 17, 2018. #
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Read moreVisitors take photographs alongside cherry blossoms in Tokyo on March 27, 2018. #
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Read moreA woman poses for wedding photographs in her wedding dress next to cherry blossom trees in Kameoka Yawaraginomichi Sakura Park on April 2, 2018, in Kameoka, Japan. The park has 1,500 trees with 30 different types of cherry blossoms and has become a popular destination for tourists, as well as locals wanting to enjoy the cherry blossoms. #
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Read moreA man films a shower of cherry blossom petals in a park in Tokyo on April 2, 2018. #
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Read moreAn Indian tourist takes a selfie in a tulip garden at Sanasar in Udhampur district, some 140 kilometers from Jammu and Kashmir, on March 29, 2018. #
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Read moreVisitors ride a boat in the Chidorigafuchi moat, as they enjoy fully bloomed cherry blossoms in Tokyo on March 26, 2018. #
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Read moreSpring daffodils and cherry trees in bloom in Oregon State Capitol State Park in Salem, Oregon, on March 25, 2018. #
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Read moreA woman walks along the cherry blossom trees as they bloom around the Tidal Basin in Washington, D.C., on April 4, 2018. #
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Read moreCherry blossoms frame the Jefferson Memorial on a overcast day in Washington, D.C., on April 3, 2018. The famous trees surrounding the tidal basin are excepted to reach peak bloom over the weekend. #
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Read moreSnow coats a magnolia blossom near the Tidal Basin on March 21, 2018, in Washington, D.C., during a snowstorm on the second day of spring. #
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Read moreA family walks in a park amid tree and flower blossoms with the arrival of spring in Islamabad, Pakistan, on March 18, 2018. #
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Read moreGagea lutea blossoms in the frozen earth in Yichun, Heilongjiang, China, on March 31, 2018. #
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Read moreCherry blossom hangs over the Meguro River in Nakameguro on March 26, 2018, in Tokyo, Japan. #
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Read morePeople atop the Pyramid of the Sun at the archaeological site of Teotihuacan, northeast of Mexico City, draw energy from the sun as it rises during celebrations of the spring equinox on March 21, 2018. #
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