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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Members of the Mississippi National Guard 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 in 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)Blooming peach trees are seen from 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 Monument 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)A canopy of purple jacaranda blossoms hangs over Paseo de la Reforma in Mexico City, Wednesday, March 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)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 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)
