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IN PHOTOS | It's cherry blossom viewing season

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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Two visitors take pictures with cherry blossoms at a Tokyo park.
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 of a man while they're in a boat, next to cherry blossoms as the blossom viewing season begins in full in central Tokyo
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)
A woman takes a selfie in front of Chidorigafuchi, one of the moats around the Imperial Palace in Toyko, with boats in the water and cherry trees lining the edges of the park near the water.
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
People walk underneath cherry blossoms blooming in Tokyo. (Manami Yamada/Reuters)

In Britain

A bee flies on a cherry blossom at a park in London
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 fly near blossoming tress on a sunny day at a park in London
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 a park, with others admiring the trees, too.
A woman poses for a photographer in front of a blossoming tree at the park in London. (Kin Cheung/The Associated Press)
Three people look at a blossoms at a park in London, near water.
People admire the blossoms at a park in London. (Kin Cheung/The Associated Press)

In the U.S. 

Two female visitors take pictures along the Tidal Basin with cherry trees entering peak bloom this week in Washington, D.C.
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)
Kites flying above cherry blossoms on the National Mall during the Cherry Blossom Festival in Washington, D.C.
People fly kites on the National Mall during the National Cherry Blossom Festival in Washington, D.C., on Saturday. (Daniel Slim/AFP/Getty Images)
A woman wearing a sweet 16 dress walks along the National Mall during National Cherry Blossom Festival.
Ashley Castellon walks along the National Mall while wearing a Sweet 16 dress during the festival. (Nathan Howard/Reuters)
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