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Image: Tulips in bloom

Tamron Hall

Spring in bloom

From daffodils to carpets of crocuses, spring flowers are bursting with life and color across the world.

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Reaching toward the sun

From tulips -- like these blooming in a Boston park -- to carpets of crocuses, spring flowers are beginning to burst with life and color across the world.

— Elise Amendola / AP
Image: A Maina bird flies over a Simolu flower tree as it is in full bloom on the outskirts of Guwahati city.

Springing into spring

A Maina bird flies over a Simolu flower tree on the outskirts of Guwahati, India. The Simolu trees, which herald the advent of spring in northeast India, are in full bloom -- transforming the region's landscapes into a tapestry of color.

— Str / EPA
Image: The First Signs Of Spring Are Seen At Kew Gardens

Admiring the view

Katie Truss, 27, admires the carpet of crocuses flowering at Kew's Royal Botanic Gardens in London. The unusually cold winter in the U.K. has delayed the flowering of many spring plants by up to one month.

— Oli Scarff / Getty Images Europe
Image: Seattle Space Needle, Tulips

A relief from rain?

Seattle's Space Needle rises above tulips on March 30, 2010. Residents of the Pacific Northwest know spring has sprung when the clouds clear for a bit and flowers begin showing their brilliant colors.

— Joshua Trujillo / Seattlepi.com
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As far as the eye can see

Giant Tecolote Ranunculus flowers stretch for nearly 50 acres at Carlsbad Ranch in California. The flowers are in full bloom for approximately six to eight weeks each year, from early March through early May.

— Gabriel Bouys / AFP
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Protective plants

Flowers decorate the tail of a horse during a procession of equestrians that makes its way through the countryside near the southern German city of Regen on April 5, 2010. The Easter procession has its origins in pre-Christian times to protect spring planting from evil spirits.

— Sebastian Widmann / DDP
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Piercing blue sky

Big Ben looms near a tourist enjoying the spring sunshine in Parliament Square in central London.

— Carl Court / AFP
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Beauty and the beast

A stink bug crawls on newly blossomed bright yellow crocuses in Newtown, Pa.

— Mel Evans / AP
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Capitol color

A saucer magnolia tree blooms in front of the Arkansas Capitol in Little Rock.

— Danny Johnston / AP
Image: Full bloom cherry blossoms are pictured inside a public park on a spring day in Lausanne

Shades of pink

Cherry blossoms bloom on a spring day in Lausanne, Switzerland.

— Denis Balibouse / X90072
Image: Long Awaited Spring Sunshine Arrives In London

Swimming in a yellow sea

A young girl plays in daffodils in London's St. James's park.

— Dan Kitwood / Getty Images Europe
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Ready for its close-up

A pansy flower grows at the Mughal Gardens of the Presidential Palace, in New Delhi, India.

— Gurinder Osan / AP
Image: A woman stands next to a bed of daffodils as she looks at her dog in a park on a sunny spring day in Duesseldorf

Daffodils in Dusseldorf

A woman and her dog stand amid a bed of daffodils in Dusseldorf, Germany.

— Ina Fassbender / X00970
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A lazy lily pad

A man circles the drain while on a water attraction at the Duinrell amusement park in Wassenaar, The Netherlands.

— Robin Utrecht / ANP
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Bee on a bud

A bumblebee collects nectar from a flower in Kiev, Ukraine, during a warm sunny day.

— Sergei Supinsky / AFP
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Carpet of crocuses

Hundreds of crocus flowers cover a park on the Rhine river banks in Dusseldorf, Germany, as people sitting on benches enjoy some sun.

— Henning Kaiser / DDP
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Spring showers

Rain drips from a saucer magnolia in Lawrence, Kansas. The flowering tree is commonly called a tulip tree.

— Orlin Wagner / AP
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Bird among buds

A starling walks among crocuses in a park in Kiev, Ukraine.

— Sergei Supinsky / AFP
Image: An artist paints during a sunny spring day in a park in London

Shades of spring

An artist paints during a sunny spring day in a park in London.

— Stefan Wermuth / X90073
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