Spring 2022: Stunning pictures of cherry blossoms around the world

A woman takes a picture of the cherry blossoms along the Tidal Basin in Washington.

Against a backdrop of cherry blossoms in peak bloom, a woman stops to take a photo while visiting the Tidal Basin in Washington.

Dressed in matching tops of stars and stripes, Tom and Nancy Leeds from Florida hold hands as they view cherry blossoms in peak bloom along the Tidal Basin in Washington.

A man wearing a protective glasses and a face mask looks on under blooming plum blossoms, following the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Beijing, China.

A person walks to the water along the Tidal Basin, where cherry blossoms have reached their peak bloom, in Washington.

Early risers view cherry blossoms in peak bloom along the Tidal Basin in Washington.

People watch the sun rise as they walk amongst the cherry blossoms along the Tidal Basin in Washington.

A woman takes a selfie with a blossoming tree in St James's Park, London, Britain.

People sit in the Mon-Repos park among blooming cherry blossoms in Lausanne, Switzerland.

A man holding a pet dog walks past blooming cherry blossoms along the Meguro river in Tokyo, Japan.