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Photos: Out Among the Cherry Blossoms

Recent images of people enjoying themselves on warm spring days, among groves of flowering cherry-blossom trees in cities and parks across the Northern Hemisphere

By Alan Taylor
People relax on the ground beneath weeping cherry-blossom trees.
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Weeping cherry blossoms are in full bloom at a sightseeing spot in Higashi-yoshino Village, Nara Prefecture, Japan, on April 11, 2026.
The Washington Monument, seen past branches of blooming cherry trees
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Cherry blossoms near peak bloom in front of the Washington Monument along the Tidal Basin, on March 24, 2026, in Washington, D.C.
Many people gather in a street beneath blooming trees.
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Thousands of people gather for the start of cherry-blossom season in the old town of Bonn, Germany, on April, 6, 2026.
Aerial view of cherry trees in full bloom along a hillside tea plantation
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An aerial view of blooming cherry blossoms at a tea plantation in Ninghai County, Ningbo City, Zhejiang province, China, seen on April 11, 2026.
Two people row in a small boat in a moat beneath blooming trees, with many petals floating on the water.
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People enjoy cherry-blossom season along the old moat of the Imperial Palace on April 5, 2026, in Tokyo, Japan.
Visitors stand on an arched bridge above a canal, surrounded by blooming trees, watching costumed people row boats along a fog-covered canal below.
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Visitors admire cherry blossoms, fog, and light shows at Nantong Dream Island in Wujie Town, Tongzhou District, in China’s Jiangsu province on April 5, 2026.
Flowers of a blooming cherry tree, seen up close
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Flowers of a blooming cherry tree, seen at Burggarten park behind the Hofburg imperial palace on a spring day in Vienna, Austria, on March 23, 2026
A woman in a traditional Chinese dress poses beneath flowering cherry trees.
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Wearing a Chinese Hanfu dress, Jiahui Xu, who is from China, is photographed with cherry blossoms at the Tidal Basin in Washington, D.C., on March 26, 2026.
People watch the sun rise among cherry- blossom trees.
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People watch the sun rise among cherry-blossom trees along the Tidal Basin in Washington, D.C., on March 28, 2026.
A long-exposure photo shows swirling patterns made by floating cherry-blossom petals in a river.
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A long-exposure photo shows swirling patterns made by floating cherry-blossom petals in the river’s current at the Japan-China Friendship Garden in Gifu Park, Gifu City, Japan, on April 7, 2026.
People enjoy cherry-blossom viewing in a park beside a field of blooming blue flowers.
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People enjoy cherry-blossom viewing beside a field of blooming nemophila at Uminonakamichi Seaside Park in Higashi Ward, Fukuoka City, Japan, on April 5, 2026.
A small dog with ribbons in its hair rides in a stroller beneath cherry-blossom trees.
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A dog goes for a ride along the Tidal Basin beneath cherry-blossom trees on March 23, 2026, in Washington, D.C.
Two people wearing Star Wars–themed costumes walk beside blooming cherry trees.
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People in costume enjoy blooming cherry blossoms during the Cherry Blossom Festival at the Gardens of the World in Berlin, Germany, on April 12, 2026.
People look at an illuminated bridge and cherry trees at night.
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A group of visitors stands along the banks of the Nishiki River at dusk to photograph and view the historic Kintai Bridge, which is illuminated with blue floodlights and framed by glowing cherry blossoms, in Iwakuni, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan, on April 12, 2026.
People take photos of cherry trees in full bloom at night. A large negative-space hole among the branches appears to be arranged into a heart shape.
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People take photos of cherry trees in full bloom at Hirosaki Park in Hirosaki City, Japan, on April 16, 2026.
A person poses for a quinceañera photo among cherry-blossom trees.
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A person poses for a quinceañera photo among the cherry-blossom trees along the tidal basin on the National Mall on March 26, 2026, in Washington, D.C.
People take photos near cherry blossoms, on a bridge in a park.
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People take photos near the cherry blossoms at a park in Seoul, South Korea, on April 4, 2026.
A night view of an illuminated bridge and cherry trees.
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Night scenery of cherry blossoms at the Yuantouzhu, or Turtle Head Isle, scenic spot on March 28, 2026, in Wuxi, Jiangsu province, China.
A woman, looking and gesturing upward, poses beneath blooming cherry trees.
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A woman poses beneath blooming cherry trees on Heerstrasse in Bonn, Germany, on April 8, 2026.

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Alan Taylor is a senior editor at The Atlantic.
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