A look at cherry blossom trees in Japan and other parts of the world, as blooming season is underway.
Cherry trees are blooming in Japan, Europe and some parts of the U.S.
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Visitors take pictures at Chidorigafuchi Park, one of the most beautiful places to see blooming cherry trees in Tokyo, on Monday. (Manami Yamada/Reuters)
Visitors are gathering to admire the famous cherry blossoms in Tokyo, Washington, D.C., and other parts of the world as peak bloom is underway this week.
A woman takes a photo at Chidorigafuchi, in one of the moats around the Imperial Palace, next to cherry blossoms as the blossom viewing season begins in full, in central Tokyo on Monday. (Richard A. Brooks/AFP/Getty Images)
Standing with other visitors, a woman takes a selfie with the cherry blossoms from a path overlooking Chidorigafuchi. (Richard A. Brooks/AFP/Getty Images)
People walk underneath cherry blossoms blooming in Tokyo. (Manami Yamada/Reuters)
In Britain
The cherry blossoms aren’t just for people, as this bee demonstrates at a park in London on Thursday. (Kin Cheung/The Associated Press)
Geese wade in the water at a park in London. (Kin Cheung/The Associated Press)
A woman poses for a photographer in front of a blossoming tree at the park in London. (Kin Cheung/The Associated Press)
People admire the blossoms at a park in London. (Kin Cheung/The Associated Press)
In the U.S.
Visitors take pictures as they walk along the Tidal Basin with cherry trees entering peak bloom this week, in Washington, D.C., on Sunday. (Jose Luis Magana/The Associated Press)
People fly kites on the National Mall during the National Cherry Blossom Festival in Washington, D.C., on Saturday. (Daniel Slim/AFP/Getty Images)
Ashley Castellon walks along the National Mall while wearing a Sweet 16 dress during the festival. (Nathan Howard/Reuters)
