The Jefferson Memorial is seen as cherry trees begin to bloom, March 19, in Washington. The National Park Service predicts peak bloom this year between March 28–31.
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The cherry blossom has begun in a street in Gelsenkirchen, Germany, on Wednesday.
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A visitor walks around the Tidal Basin on Wednesday in Washington as cherry trees begin to bloom.
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The Washington Monument is seen in the distance as the cherry blossoms bloom along the Tidal Basin on Thursday, in Washington.
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The Jefferson Memorial is seen as cherry trees begin to bloom, Wednesday, at the Tidal Basin in Washington.
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The blooming Somei Yoshino cherry tree is seen at Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo on Tuesday.
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People ride a boat near the cherry blossoms at the Chidorigafuchi palace moat in Tokyo, on Sunday.
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The cherry blossom has begun in a street in Gelsenkirchen, Germany, on Wednesday.
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With the Washington Monument in the background, visitors walk along the Tidal Basin as cherry trees enter peak bloom this week in Washington, on Sunday.
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Kerry Santeliz, 15, poses for her photographer in her quincea’era dress under the shade of cherry blossoms along the Tidal Basin, on Thursday, in Washington.
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People walk under the canopies of cherry blossoms along the Tidal Basin in Washington, D.C., on Thursday.