As the Northern Hemisphere begins to warm once more and the spring equinox has passed, flowers and trees finally appear to be in bloom—especially in California, blessed by a very wet winter. Gathered here today is a small collection of images from the past few weeks from North America, Asia, and Europe, of poppies, sunshine, and cherry blossoms—surely signs of warmer days to come.
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Read moreA cat smells a flower in the warm spring sun in a garden in Gelsenkirchen, Germany, on March 22, 2019. #
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Read moreA model poses among wildflowers in bloom on March 18, 2019, in Lake Elsinore, California. About 150,000 people flocked over the weekend to see this year's rain-fed flaming orange patches of poppies lighting up the hillsides near Lake Elsinore, about a 90-minute drive from either San Diego or Los Angeles. #
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Read moreIlluminated cherry-blossom trees are seen along the Meguro River in Tokyo, Japan, on March 28, 2019. The blossom is deeply symbolic in Japan; it only lasts for about one week and marks the beginning of spring. It is claimed that the short-lived existence of the blossom taps into a long-held appreciation of the beauty of the fleeting nature of life, as echoed across the nation's cultural heritage. #
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Read moreA woman poses for a selfie in the middle of the Flower Fields at Carlsbad Ranch, nearly 50 acres of blooming giant Tecolote ranunculus flowers in Carlsbad, California, on March 21, 2019. #
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Read moreA day-old lamb explores its surroundings on the first day of spring, March 20, 2019, at Coombes Farm in Lancing, England. #
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Read moreA high-speed bullet train passes through peach blossoms near Beijing, China, on March 18, 2019. #
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Read moreBalloons fly over the Pyramid of the Sun in Teotihuacan, Mexico, on the spring equinox at sunrise, on March 21, 2019. #
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Read moreWomen hold their hands towards the sun to welcome the spring equinox as they stand on the Pyramid of the Sun in the city of Teotihuacan, on the outskirts of Mexico City, on March 21, 2019. #
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Read moreA woman holds her cellphone as she stands amid flowers in the South China Botanical Garden in Guangzhou, Guandong province, China, on March 4, 2019. #
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Read moreA series of winter rainstorms have helped turn the hillsides and pastures green as viewed on March 12, 2019, near Santa Ynez, California. #
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Read moreSpring flowers bloom in a graveyard at a church in Knutsford, England, on February 25, 2019. #
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Read moreGiant Tecolote ranunculus flowers begin to bloom at the Flower Fields at Carlsbad Ranch in California on March 21, 2019. #
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Read moreVisitors walk through the Antelope Valley California Poppy Reserve in Lancaster, California, on March 26, 2019. #
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Read moreA longhorn rests in a field of bluebonnets along Texas Highway 6 near Navasota, Texas, on March 24, 2019. #
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Read moreBlooming magnolia trees are pictured in central Strasbourg, France, on March 28, 2019. #
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Read moreTwo girls wear flower crowns among peach-blossom trees in the Longquan Mountains in Sichuan province, China, on March 20, 2019. #
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Read moreCherry-blossom trees bloom near the Jiming Temple in Nanjing, Jiangsu province, China, on March 22, 2019. #
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Read moreA man looks at cherry blossoms in almost full bloom in Tokyo, Japan, on March 27, 2019. #
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Read moreA woman practices yoga in the sun in St. James's Park in London, England, on February 25, 2019. #
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Read moreCalifornia poppies bloom in the background, among the charred remains of chaparral brush that was burned away by the Holy Fire, as the so-called super bloom spreads across the region on March 15, 2019, in Lake Elsinore, California. #
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Read morePeople pose for a picture among wildflowers in bloom in Lake Elsinore, California, on March 18, 2019. #
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Read moreVisitors flock onto a street under blooming cherry blossoms, near Jiming Temple in Nanjing, Jiangsu province, China, on March 23, 2019. #
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Read moreVisitors pose for a picture at the Flower Fields at Carlsbad Ranch on March 21, 2019. #
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Read moreFlocks of pelicans fly during their migration over mountains overlooking the city of Batroun, north of the Lebanese capital, Beirut, on March 27, 2019. #
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Read moreA couple enjoys the warm, sunny weather near a blooming Japanese cherry-blossom tree at the Stadtpark in Vienna, Austria, on March 22, 2019. #
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