Spring is in the air! Enjoy beautiful images of the season

As Robin Williams once said, "Spring is nature's way of saying, 'Let's party!'" An early spring is coaxing birds, bees, flowers and humans to emerge from winter hibernation and enjoy the sunshine, as these photos show.

The first leaves of a beech hedge unfold in the sunshine on the banks of Lake Edersee near Waldeck, Germany on March 20.

A slackline walker enjoys the sunny weather in a park at the bank of the Rhine River in Dusseldorf, Germany on March 20.

A man plays with his dog on a sunny spring day in the English Garden in Munich, Germany on March 20.

Uzbek dancers in folk costumes perform during the festivities marking the Navruz holiday in Tashkent, Uzbekistan on March 19. Navruz (the spring "New Year" holiday) dates back to ancient Iranian and Central Asian fire-worshippers who celebrated the spring equinox with dances and food.

Kanako Fukuda (right), 25, and Katsuya Kobayashi, 28, pose with Japanese umbrellas during a photo session in preparation for their upcoming wedding amid field mustard, the symbolic flower to herald the start of spring, at a park in Tokyo, Japan on March 19.

Two people sit under blooming almond trees on a path in Gimmeldingen, Germany on March 14.

A bee sits on an almond blossom in Gimmeldingen, Germany on March 14.

People relax near a field of daffodils in Green Park, London on March 13.

Flowering cherries stand in full bloom on March 12 in Munster, Germany.

Freshly blooming daffodils frame the Space Needle against a blue sky in Seattle on March 11.

People sit in front of blossoming crocuses in the Botanical Garden in Berlin, Germany on March 10.

A woman rests among spring daffodils in the sun as the weather warms in London on March 9.

Pussy willows bloom on the banks of the Elbe River in Hamburg, Germany on March 9.

A young woman sits on a pier and gazes at a lake in Sottrum, Germany on March 9.

The London Eye Ferris wheel creates a backdrop for spring daffodils and sunny weather in London on March 9.

A couple walk along the beach in Domburg in the Netherlands on March 8.

Cherry blossoms frame the Eiffel Tower in the warm spring weather in Paris, France on March 9.

A bride is photographed on the lake in Zurich, Switzerland on March 8.

People relax on a bench in the town of Cuxhaven, Germany on March 8.

A Red Admiral butterfly rests on a blossom of an apple tree in Meggen in the district of Lucerne, Switzerland on March 8.

A spider web is covered in dew drops in a garden in Sieversdorf, Germany on March 7.

A squirrel picks a flower in London's Hyde Park on March 5.

Tower Bridge is pictured behind a fountain in central London on March 5.

A cat sits in a meadow covered in Leucojum plants (also known as "spring snowflakes") in Langenwolmsdorf, Eastern Germany on March 4.

A slug feeds on a rain-soaked daffodil growing in a flower bed outside a home near Roseburg, Ore.

A lamb and its mother frolic in Somerset, England on March 3.