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Spring was welcomed in the northern hemisphere this week after a long, cold winter for many. The temperatures and visual cues of spring are not omnipresent for all regions, but for some around the world, beauty abounds.
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A Palestinian man and his daughter pick wild mustard flowers which grow in untilled fields across the Gaza Strip, on March 20, as the official start of spring is marked by the by the Vernal Equinox.
Japanese plum blossoms in full bloom in Isumi city, Chiba prefecture, Japan, March 4.
A man rides his bicycle under almond blossoms in a park during a warm winter day in Madrid, March 19.
A daffodil blossoms on a meadow in Cologne, Germany, March 7.
An almond tree blossoms on mountain Ainos of the eartquakestriken island of Cephalonia, Greece, February 6. The blossom of almond tree is a sign of the arrival of spring.
Cherry blossoms bloom against the Eiffel Tower in the warm spring weather in Paris, France, March 9. Sunny conditions with temperatures close to 20 degrees Celsius are forecasted for the French capital.
Raindrops sit on crocus blossoms in a park in Munich, Germany, February 21.
A woman takes pictures with a mobile phone blossoms of crocuses and winter aconites in the Great Garden in Dresden, Germany, February 26.
People sit in front of blossoming crocuses in the Botanical Garden in Berlin, Germany, March 10. Germany is currently enjoying the highest temperatures on record for the month of March.
A bee collects pollen from an almond blossom on March 14, in Gimmeldingen, southwestern Germany.
A boy plays in the Pollinator Garden at the Natural History Museum in Los Angeles, March 20. Spring officially began on Thursday in the northern hemisphere, and is known as both the spring or vernal equinox.
Japanese plum blossoms in full bloom in Isumi city, Chiba prefecture, Japan, March 4. The ripening of the fruit in June coincides with the rainy season in Japan, which is called 'plum rains.'
Turtles sun themselves on a log March 20, at the Smithsonian's National Zoo in Washington, DC. Balmy temperatures are making for a great first day of spring.
General view of several peach trees in blossom in the spot La Macetua, Murcia, eastern Spain, February 20, a spectacle in 40,000 hectares of wooded.
A bumblebee sits in a crocus blossom in Oldenburg, Germany, March 7.
A boy runs amid field mustard, symbolic flower to herald the start of spring, in full blossom at a park in Tokyo, Japan, March 19.
Blooming crocuses are seen at the JasneBlonie park on a first day of the astronomical Spring in Szczecin, Poland, March 20.
Spring flowers blossom on a meadow in Potsdam, Germany, March 21.
Peach tree blossoms bloom in the valleys below the Mont Canigou mountain near Perpignan, southern France, on March 7.
Robins feed on staghorn sumac on a tree in North Adams, Mass., March, 20.
A prematurely blossoming almond tree is seen in a field near Krini village in the Turkish occupied area of the north part of the island of Cyprus, Feb. 14.
A woman carries a branch of peach blossom flowers for sale at a field in Hanoi, January 24. The peach blossom is believed to bring luck to families.
A bee flies towards a cherry blossom in sunny spring weather in Maienfeld, Switzerland, March 12.
A woman walks through blossom in a park on March 13, in Sevastopol, Ukraine.
White flowers bloom on a tree in the National Gallery Sculpture Garden in Washington, March 20, on the first day of spring.
A slackline walker enjoys the sunny and warm weather in a park at the river Rhine bank in Duesseldorf, Germany, March 20.
