A China high speed train passes by blooming peach blossoms next to the Juyongguan Great Wall outside Beijing, China, Monday, March 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)
From soft peach to vivid pink and purple blooms, spring arrives in a burst of color across the Northern Hemisphere. In Washington, D.C. and Tokyo, streets and parks are awash in a sea of cherry blossoms. Across the plains of Greece’s largest peach-producing region, orchards unfurl like a pink veil over the landscape, while in London parks burst into bloom. And each spring, a purple haze of blossoming jacaranda trees brightens Mexico City.
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The Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial is seen among the cherry blossom trees along the tidal basin on the National Mall on Thursday, March 26, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)Cherry blossoms are seen near peak bloom in front of the Washington Monument along the Tidal Basin, Wednesday, March 25, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Sydney Schaefer)The Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial is framed by cherry blossoms in Washington, Friday, March 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)A squirrel snacks on seeds backdropped by a carpet of jacaranda blooms blanketing a section of Chapultepec Park in Mexico City, Tuesday, March 31, 2026. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)A person takes a selfie photo among the cherry blossom trees along the tidal basin, on Wednesday, March 25, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Tom Brenner)A person poses for a quinceañera photo among the cherry blossom trees along the tidal basin on the National Mall on Thursday, March 26, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Tom Brenner)People watch the cherry blossoms in full bloom at a garden of the Imperial Palace in Tokyo, Friday, March 27 2026. (AP Photo/Shuji Kajiyama)A couple embraces among cherry blossom trees at sunrise Saturday, March 28, 2026, along the Tidal Basin in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)People walk among the cherry blossom trees along the tidal basin on the National Mall on Thursday, March 26, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Tom Brenner)Members of the Mississippi National Gard patrol among the cherry blossom trees along the tidal basin on the National Mall on Thursday, March 26, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Tom Brenner)Cherry blossom trees during peak bloom on Thursday, March 26, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Allison Robbert)Visitors take picture along a pathway lined with blooming peach blossoms at the Summer Palace in Beijing, China, Monday, March 23, 2026, as people enjoy the mild weather and seasonal flowers. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)The blooming peach trees are seen form above near the city of Veria, northern Greece, on Sunday, March 22, 2026. (AP Photo/Giannis Papanikos)Rachel Lincoln and her dog Blossom, are seen among cherry blossom trees in bloom along the tidal basin, Tuesday, March 24, 2026, in Washington, as the trees inch close to peak bloom. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)People enjoying the sun are seen reflected in a mirror among the blooming peach trees at an event to encourage the public to visit the blossoms near the city of Veria, northern Greece, March 22, 2026. (AP Photo/Giannis Papanikos)People capture images of cherry blossom trees along the tidal basin on the National Mall on Thursday, March 26, 2026, in Washington. The Washington Momument stands, left. (AP Photo/Tom Brenner)A bumblebee collects pollen from an Anemone Coronaria in Hyde Park in London, Thursday, March 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)Mingtong Gu meditates beside a cherry blossom tree along the tidal basin, on Wednesday, March 25, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Tom Brenner)Cherry blossoms in bloom are seen on a tree along the tidal basin, Tuesday, March 24, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)A woman is standing under a blooming magnolia tree during a sunny spring Monday in a park in Gelsenkirchen, Germany, March 23, 2026. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)People enjoy a picnic among the blooming peach trees at an event to encourage the public to visit the blossoms near the city of Veria, northern Greece, on Sunday, March 22, 2026. (AP Photo/Giannis Papanikos)People walk under as the cherry blossoms in full bloom along the Chidorigafuchi palace moat in Tokyo, Friday, March 27 2026. (AP Photo/Shuji Kajiyama)A wild ring-necked parakeet eats blossoms in St. James’s Park in London, Monday, March 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)People jog among the cherry blossom trees along the tidal basin at sunrise, on Wednesday, March 25, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Tom Brenner)
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