Photos: Spring scenes from around the world
April 4, 2013
A Kashmiri woman walks at a tulip garden on the outskirts of Srinagar, India, Wednesday, April 3, 2013. Kashmir, known for its mountains, lakes, forests and moderate weather was one of Asia's most popular tourist destinations until a Muslim separatist rebellion broke out in the region at the end of 1989 which according to officials has claimed more than 60,000 lives. With the situation improving, many tourists have started returning to Kashmir. (AP Photo/ Mukhtar Khan) ( India Kashmir Tulips )
Widows throw flowers into the air during a holi celebration at the Meera Sahavagini ashram in Vrindavan in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh March 24, 2013. Traditionally in Hindu culture, widows are expected to renounce earthly pleasure so they do not celebrate holi, but for the first time, women at the shelter for widows who have been abandoned by their families celebrated the festival by throwing flowers and coloured powder. Holi, also known as the Festival of Colours, heralds the beginning of spring and is celebrated all over India. REUTERS/Vivek Prakash ( INDIA/ )
Belarussian people take part in a Slavic "Spring welcome" festival in the village of Viazynka, about 40km (25 miles) northwest of Minsk, March 23, 2013. REUTERS/Vasily Fedosenko ( BELARUS/ )
A late season snow clings to blossoms and berries in Arlington, Va., outside Washington, Monday, March 25, 2013. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) ( Spring Snow )
Trainee Dominique holds a box with goslings at the Eskilden GmbH poultry farm in Wermsdorf, eastern Germany, on March 3, 2013. The company plans to breed 200,000 goslings during the year 2013. Dirk Hunger/AFP/Getty Images ( 518619432 )
Sarina Wasserman from Santa Barbara Middle School California jumps into the water at An Binh Island Canal during Spring Break at Vinh Long Province Mekong Delta Vietnam Tuesday, April 2. 2013. (AP Photo/Nick Ut) ( Spring Break )
Teenagers, faces smeared with colored powder, take a photo with a mobile phone during a religious spring festival Holi in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Sunday, March 31, 2013. Holi, the Hindu festival of colors, is celebrated by people throwing colored powder and water at each other. (AP Photo/Lai Seng Sin) ( Malaysia Holi Fesitval )
Hindu devotees throw colored powder on each other inside Banke Bihari temple during Holi festival celebrations in Vrindavan, India, Tuesday, March 26, 2013. Holi, the festival of colors celebrates the arrival of spring among other things. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri) ( India Holi Festival Gallery )
Participants dance and throw colored chalk during the Holi Festival of Colors at the Sri Sri Radha Krishna Temple in Spanish Fork, Utah, March 30, 2013. According to organizers 50,000 people were expected pack the temple grounds to celebrate Holi, the passing of winter to spring, and throw colorful powder throughout the day. REUTERS/Jim Urquhart ( USA/ )
Singer Jessica Sanchez sings the Star Spangled Banner alongside Marian Robinson (L-R), U.S. President Barack Obama, his daughter Malia, first lady Michelle Obama and the Easter Bunny during the 135th annual Easter Egg Roll on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, April 1, 2013. REUTERS/Jason Reed ( USA-EASTER )
Kate Heller, 11, right, and other children participate in the annual White House Easter Egg Roll on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Monday, April, 1, 2013. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais) ( Obama Easter Egg Roll )
The Marine One helicopter is framed by blooming Magnolia trees as President Barack Obama lifts off from the South Lawn at the White House in Washington, Wednesday, April 3, 2013, as he travels to Denver and San Francisco. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak) ( APTOPIX Obama )
A bee feeds on a flowering Anigozanthus plant, also known as Kangaroo Paws, at a nursery in San Gabriel, California on March 25, 2013. The arrival of spring and pollen means allergies for an estimated 40 million Americans who suffer from some form of seasonal allergies. AFP PHOTO/Frederic J. BROWNFREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP/Getty Images ( Was7400817 )
A tree is blooming near the snowy mountains close to L'Aquila, the regional capital of Abruzzo. AFP PHOTO / GABRIEL BOUYSGABRIEL BOUYS/AFP/Getty Images ( DV1445837 )
AYLESBURY, ENGLAND - MARCH 22: National Trust employees adjust decorations in the dining room at Waddesdon Manor on March 22, 2013 in Aylesbury, England. The staff at Waddesdon Manor are busy preparing the house and gardens for the spring opening. The light-artist Bruce Munro has also created a new installation in the coach house called Cantus Arcticus. Waddesdon Manor is open to the general public from March 27, 2013 to October 27. (Photo by Matthew Lloyd/Getty Images for Waddesdon Manor) ( 73901668 )
Visitors ride a boat in the Chidorigafuchi moat covered with petals of cherry blossoms in Tokyo April 1, 2013. Many people enjoy viewing the blossoms all over the country during the spring season. REUTERS/Toru Hanai (JAPAN - Tags: SOCIETY ENVIRONMENT) ( JAPAN/ )
Sheh Ruzhdi, sheikh of the Albanian Dervish community, leads the community's members in a ritual to celebrate Newroz Day in the town of Djakovica, 90 km (56 miles) west of the Kosovo capital Pristina, March 21, 2013. Newroz Day marks the first day of spring and the birth of one of the most revered figures in Shi'ite Islam, Ali. Picture taken March 21, 2013. REUTERS/Hazir Reka (KOSOVO - Tags: SOCIETY RELIGION) ( KOSOVO/ )
Ultra-Orthodox Jews take part in the "Mayim Shelanu" ceremony to collect water from a natural spring, near Jerusalem March 24, 2013. The water is used to make matza, the traditional unleavened bread to be eaten on the Jewish holiday of Passover which starts on Monday. Passover commemorates the flight of Jews from ancient Egypt, as described in the Exodus chapter of the Bible. REUTERS/ Nir Elias (JERUSALEM - Tags: RELIGION TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) ( ISRAEL/ )
A man poses for photos as he stands on the Pyramid of the Sun on the day of the spring equinox in Teotihuacan, Mexico, Thursday, March 21, 2013. The spring equinox marks the beginning of the spring season. (AP Photo/Alexandre Meneghini) ( Mexico Spring Equinox )
Tourists gather around Kukulcan Castle, one of the seven wonders of the modern world, at the archaeological site of Chichen Itza during the spring equinox, at the Yucatan Peninsula March 21, 2013. REUTERS/Victor Ruiz Garcia (MEXICO - Tags: SOCIETY) ( MEXICO/ )
A dog with a stick enjoys the sun while walking on a bridge at a lake in Duisburg, Germany, Friday March 22, 2013. Germany still faces temperatures around the freezing point after the start of spring. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein) ( Germany Weather )
In this photo provided by the Vatican newspaper L'Osservatore Romano, Pope Francis delivers the Urbi et Orbi (to the city and to the world) blessing, in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Sunday, March 31, 2013. Pope Francis celebrated his first Easter Sunday Mass as pontiff in St. Peter's Square, packed by joyous pilgrims, tourists and Romans and bedecked by spring flowers.Wearing cream-colored vestments, Francis strode onto the esplanade in front of St. Peter's Basilica and took his place at an altar set up under a white canopy. (AP Photo/L'Osservatore Romano) ( Vatican Pope Easter )
A man carries a basket full of Easter eggs to distribute to children at the annual Buccoo Goat and Crab Race Festival at Buccoo Integrated Facility on Tobago Island, April 2, 2013. The event is part of the island's annual Easter celebration. Picture taken April 2, 2013. REUTERS/Andrea De Silva ( TRINIDAD/ )
Goat handlers, known as jockeys, race to the finish line with their animals in one of several events held during the annual Buccoo Goat and Crab Race Festival at Buccoo Integrated Facility on Tobago Island, April 2, 2013. The event is part of the island's annual Easter celebration. Picture taken April 2, 2013. REUTERS/Andrea De Silva ( TRINIDAD/ )
Adam Best of Britain waits for the start of the annual crab race, one of several events held during the annual Buccoo Goat and Crab Race Festival at Buccoo Integrated Facility on Tobago Island, April 2, 2013. The event is part of the island's annual Easter celebration. Picture taken April 2, 2013. REUTERS/Andrea De Silva ( TRINIDAD/ )
BOULDER, CO- APRIL 2: Spring daffodils bloom in planters along Pearl street Mall as people walk by in Boulder, CO with umbrellas protecting them from the snow/rain mix on April 2, 2013. Up to 6 inches is forecasted for the mountains and a continued rain/snow mix for the metro area. (Photo By Helen H. Richardson/ The Denver Post) ( cd03RAIN_HHR )
HIMEJI, JAPAN - APRIL 03: Japanese archer rides a horse while he performs traditional archery to entertain the gods during the Mitsuyama Taisai Festival of Itate Hyozu Shrine on April 3, 2013 in Himeji, Japan. The festival has been held once every 20 years since 1593. Priests of Itate Hyozu Shrine welcome all the gods across the country on the night of March 31st from the top of the 'three mountains' and treat with food for seven days to April 7 praying for peace and prosperity. (Photo by Buddhika Weerasinghe/Getty Images) ( 165342433 )
Cincinnati Reds manager Dusty Baker, left, throws a ball to a fan as his son, Darin, 14, watches before the Reds' spring training baseball game against the Chicago Cubs in Mesa, Ariz. Tuesday, March 26, 2013. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson) ( Reds Cubs Spring Baseball )
MILWAUKEE, WI - APRIL 1: Late afternoon light paints the filed during the Milwaukee Brewers and Colorado Rockies game on opening day at Miller Park on April 1, 2013 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. (Photo by Tom Lynn/Getty Images) ( 74010227 )
A buttercup (Eranthis hyemalis) blossoms through the spring snow in the 'Gardens of the World' in Berlin on March 27, 2013. AFP PHOTO / SOEREN STACHE GERMANY OUTSOEREN STACHE/AFP/Getty Images ( DV_To_Getty_7851656_0 )
A man takes a picture of fog covered mountain summits, from Germany's highest mountain the 2,962 metre (9,718 feet) Zugspitze, on a sunny Spring day in the Bavarian village of Grainau April 3, 2012. REUTERS/Dominic Ebenbichler (GERMANY - Tags: ENVIRONMENT CITYSPACE TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) ( GERMANY/ )
A flock of starlings takes flight along Route 663 in Stevensburg, Va., as a steady mix of rain and snow falls Monday, March 25, 2013. (AP Photo/The Free Lance-Star, Dave Ellis) ( Spring Storm VA )
TOPSHOTS A Kashmiri shepherd uses an umbrella for shelter as rain falls at the edge of Zabarwan Forest on the outskirts of Srinagar on April 3,2013. Tourists arrivals are picking up int he Himalayan state after a sharp fall in the wake of protests over the hanging of Kashmiri activist Afzal Guru in February, for an attack on India's parliament in 2001. AFP PHOTO/Tauseef MUSTAFATAUSEEF MUSTAFA/AFP/Getty Images ( ARP3483961 )
In this photo taken Tuesday, March 19, 2013, UMass Amherst senior Dan Rossell pulls weeds in a community garden at the corner of Bingham and Ogden in Memphis, Tenn., while volunteering with nine other students that made the 22-hour drive to Memphis to spend their spring break volunteering for GrowMemphis. The students are all part of Social Justice class at the university and are one of five groups that have scattered around the country to learn more first hand about issues they have studied in the classroom. (AP Photo/The Commercial Appeal, Mike Brown) ( Tennessee Daily Life )
Journalists shoot the arrival of four sheep for the launching of an ?eco-grazing? experiment with a group of Ouessant sheep in a 2000m? green space owned by the French capital?s archives service, in the 19th district in Paris April 3, 2013. The goal of the experiment is for sheep to graze at intervals until autumn on the parcel of land and to maintain it without weed-killers . REUTERS/Charles Platiau (FRANCE - Tags: ENVIRONMENT ANIMALS MEDIA TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) ( FRANCE/ )
Snow boarder Kyler Walczak jumps onto a rail Thursday, March 28, 2013 even as the snow in Brainerd, Minn. melted in the 40 degree temperature. (AP Photo/Brainerd Dispatch, Kelly Humphrey) ( Minnesota Daily Life )
An Afghan boy sells balloons during a gathering to celebrate the Afghan New Year (Nawroz) in Kabul March 21, 2013. Nawroz, also known as Persian New Year, is observed during the March equinox, marking the first day of spring. REUTERS/Mohammad Ismail ( AFGHANISTAN )
Hundreds of Afghans line up the hill overlooking the Kart-e Sakhi mosque to see the holy flag in Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, March 21, 2013. Afghanistan celebrates Nowruz, marking the first day of spring and the beginning of the year in the Iranian calendar. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus) ( Afghanistan Nowruz )
On the first day of Spring a Snow Drop flower sprouts in front of Dundee Gardens in Hanover, Pa., Wednesday, March 20, 2013. (AP Photo/The Citizens' Voice, Mark Moran) MANDATORY CREDIT ( Pennsylvania Daily Life )
Fans sit in right field during the Cleveland Indians and Arizona Diamondbacks spring training baseball game, Thursday, March 21, 2013, in Scottsdale, Ariz. (AP Photo/Matt York) ( Indians Diamondbacks Spring Baseball )
Fans listen to the National Anthem during the Los Angeles Dodgers' Opening Day baseball game against the San Francisco Giants at Dodger Stadium, Monday, April 1, 2013, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill) ( Giants Dodgers Baseball )
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