Tuesday marked the first day of spring, and the Northern Hemisphere has begun to warm, with flowers and trees in bloom. Gathered below is a small collection of images from recent weeks in North America, Asia, and Europe, of people enjoying flowering fields and trees—signs of warmer days to come.
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The Washington Monument is seen on March 18, 2024, from the Tidal Basin amid cherry blossoms, which enter their peak bloom this week in Washington, D.C. #
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Tourists visit blooming plum blossoms in Chongqing, China, on March 2, 2024. #
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A train passes through blooming plum blossoms in Chongqing on February 19, 2024. #
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Tourists pose for photos with blooming bougainvillea flowers in Huizhou, in China's Guangdong province, on March 8, 2024. #
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A pet cat perches on a branch near its owner among blooming plum blossoms on Meihua Mountain in Nanjing, Jiangsu province, China, on March 2, 2024. #
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Blooming Handroanthus chrysanthus trees are seen in the Wind Chime Valley of Qingxiu Mountain, in Nanning, China, on March 19, 2024. #
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People take pictures beneath illuminated cherry-blossom trees in Kawazu, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan, on February 20, 2024. #
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Yellow desert sunflowers grow as wildflowers begin to bloom in Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, in California, after a record-setting wet winter, seen on March 20, 2024. #
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A man takes photos in a field of yellow desert sunflowers as wildflowers begin to bloom in California's Anza-Borrego Desert State Park on March 20, 2024. #
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A white-eye bird perches on a branch of early-flowering Ookanzakura cherry blossoms at Ueno Park in Tokyo, on March 8, 2024. #
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A couple and their dog take pictures beneath the Kawazu cherry-blossom trees in Japan's Shizuoka Prefecture on February 20, 2024. #
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The cherry tree nicknamed "Stumpy" is in full bloom at the Tidal Basin on March 18, 2024, in Washington, D.C. #
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People ride in a paddle boat past cherry blossoms in the Tidal Basin in Washington, D.C., on March 17, 2024. #
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A woman in a kimono poses in front of mimosa and cherry-blossom trees in Tokyo on March 8, 2024. #
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Tourists pose in a blooming field at Xinhua Village in China's Jiangxi province, on March 7, 2024. #
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Cherry blossoms bloom around the D.C. Tidal Basin, seen on March 16, 2024. #
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Cherry trees bloom along the Tidal Basin on March 16, 2024. #
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Tourists visit a field of blooming tulips at a scenic area in Chongqing, China, on March 1, 2024. #
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A butterfly perches on a flower in a fruit tree in Kırklareli, Turkey, on February 27, 2024. #
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A couple relaxes in a field of yellow desert sunflowers in California's Anza-Borrego Desert State Park on March 20, 2024. #
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