Visitors flock to see cherry blossoms in full bloom in Vancouver, D.C., China and Japan.
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People view and take photos of a street lined with cherry blossom trees in full bloom, in Vancouver, on Monday, March 23, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
Susanna Shum poses under cherry blossom trees with her grandchildren Elias Wong, 5, and Charleigh Wong, 8, as her husband and their grandfather Harry Shum, not seen, takes photos of them at David Lam Park, in Vancouver, on Monday, March 23, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
People walk down a street lined with cherry blossom trees in full bloom, in Vancouver, on Monday, March 23, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
People walk between cherry blossom trees in full bloom at David Lam Park, in Vancouver, on Monday, March 23, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
People walk past cherry blossoms in full bloom at David Lam Park, in Vancouver, on Monday, March 23, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
A woman prepares to check her phone after taking photos with cherry blossoms in full bloom at David Lam Park, in Vancouver, on Monday, March 23, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
People stand beneath cherry blossom trees in full bloom at David Lam Park, in Vancouver, on Monday, March 23, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
A visitor takes photos beneath blooming cherry blossoms at Yuyuantan Park during spring in Beijing, China, Friday, March 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)
Visitors take photos beneath blooming cherry blossoms at Yuyuantan Park during spring in Beijing, China, Friday, March 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)
A visitor walks under blooming cherry blossoms at Yuyuantan Park during spring in Beijing, China, Friday, March 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)
Tourists visit the East Lake Cherry Blossom Garden in Wuhan, Hubei, China on March 29, 2026. (CFOTO/Future Publishing via Getty Images)
A China high speed train passes by blooming peach blossoms next to the Juyongguan Great Wall outside Beijing, China, Monday, March 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)
A woman sits in the castle garden by a blossoming Japanese cherry tree in Germany, March 19, 2026. (Uwe Anspach/picture alliance via Getty Images)
People enjoy a pedal a boat in the Tidal Basin while visitors look at cherry blossom trees Saturday, March 28, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
People take pictures as they walk under cherry blossoms at Yoyogi Park, Sunday, March 29, 2026, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato)
People look at cherry blossom trees along the Tidal Basin, Saturday, March 28, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
People walk under cherry blossoms at Yoyogi Park, Sunday, March 29, 2026, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato)
People take pictures under cherry blossoms at Yoyogi Park, Sunday, March 29, 2026, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato)
Donna Clarke, from Maryland, poses for a photograph with cherry blossoms along the tidal basin on the National Mall in Washington, Friday, March 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)
A couple take a photos with the cherry blossoms along the tidal basin on the National Mall in Washington, Friday, March 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)
People walk under cherry blossoms at Yoyogi Park, Sunday, March 29, 2026, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato)
A woman makes photos of cherry blossom trees as she walks along the tidal basin on the National Mall in Washington, Friday, March 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)
Kites fly on the National Mall in front of the U.S. Capitol during the Blossom Kite Festival, Saturday, March 28, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
The Washington Monument is framed by branches of cherry blossoms along the tidal basin on the National Mall in Washington, Friday, March 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)
Members of the Mississippi National Guard patrol near the cherry blossom trees along the tidal basin on the National Mall on Friday, March 27, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Tom Brenner)
Cherry blossoms in full bloom along the tidal basin on the National Mall in Washington, Friday, March 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)
A person photographs cherry blossom trees at sunrise Saturday, March 28, 2026, along the Tidal Basin in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
Alyssa Ellis, of Boston, Mass., throws flower pedals along the tidal basin on the National Mall on Friday, March 27, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Tom Brenner)
A kite from the Cherry Blossom Kite Festival flies near the Tidal Basin in Washington, Saturday, March 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Allison Robbert)
People gather to observe sunrise among the cherry blossom trees along the tidal basin, on Wednesday, March 25, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Tom Brenner)
People watch a canopy of cherry blossoms in Tokyo, Japan, Saturday, March 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato)
People view cherry blossoms in bloom at Ueno Park in Tokyo, Japan, Saturday, March 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato)
Paddleboard riders move past cherry blossoms in bloom along a river in Yokohama, south of Tokyo, Sunday, March 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Shuji Kajiyama)
People look at cherry blossom trees along the Tidal Basin, Saturday, March 28, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
A couple embraces while looking at cherry blossom trees during sunrise Saturday, March 28, 2026, along the Tidal Basin in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
People watch the sun rise among cherry blossom trees Saturday, March 28, 2026, along the Tidal Basin in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
The Washington Monument is seen through the boughs of a cherry blosso tree along the Tidal Basin, Saturday, March 28, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
People watch the cherry blossom in full bloom at a garden of the Imperial Palace in Tokyo, Friday, March 27 2026. (AP Photo/Shuji Kajiyama)
The Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial is seen among the cherry blossom trees along the tidal basin on the National Mall on Thursday, March 26, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
Paddleboard riders move past the cherry blossoms in bloom in Yokohama, south of Tokyo, Sunday, March 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Shuji Kajiyama)
The Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial is framed by cherry blossoms in Washington, Friday, March 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)
Cherry blossoms bloom amid construction at the East Potomac Links Golf Course in Washington, Saturday, March 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Allison Robbert)
People ride a boat under as the cherry blossoms in full bloom at the Chidorigafuchi palace moat in Tokyo, Friday, March 27 2026. (AP Photo/Shuji Kajiyama)
Donna Clarke, from Maryland, touches cherry blossoms along the tidal basin on the National Mall in Washington, Friday, March 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)
Cherry blossoms bloom around the Tidal Basin in Washington, Saturday, March 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Allison Robbert)
People walk past cherry blossoms in bloom in Yokohama, south of Tokyo, Sunday, March 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Shuji Kajiyama)
A person photographs cherry blossom trees Saturday, March 28, 2026, along the Tidal Basin in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
The Washington Monument is reflected in a puddle along the Tidal Basin, Saturday, March 28, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
A visitor takes a picture of cherry blossoms at Ueno Park in Tokyo, Japan, Saturday, March 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato)
People cross a street under a canopy of cherry blossoms in Tokyo, Japan, Saturday, March 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato)