In bloom

A man takes a photo of cherry blossoms with his mobile phone in Tokyo Photograph: Yuriko Nakao/Reuters

A tunnel of white blossom in Scotland Photograph: Joan White/Getty Images/Flickr RF

An almond tree blossoms on the banks of the river Neckar, in Heidelberg, south-western Germany Photograph: Daniel Roland/AP

A bee feeds on the spring blossom of a wild currant in Aerzen, Germany Photograph: Peter Steffen /EPA

Flower viewing, or 'hanami' (the Japanese custom of appreciating the beauty of flowers) in a park in Tokyo Photograph: Dai Kurokawa/EPA

Cherry blossom in full bloom in a park in London Photograph: Andy Rain/EPA

Cherry blossom in full bloom alongside a river while petals flow beneath Photograph: Yoshikazu Tsuno/AFP/Getty Images

A family picnic as trees blossom in the western German city of Dortmund, where temperatures reached in excess of 20C Photograph: Philipp Guelland/AFP/Getty Images

A Palestinian girl takes a closer look at cherry blossom at a park in central Hebron, in the West Bank Photograph: Abed Al Hashlamoun/EPA

Children collect fallen blossoms of a magnolia tree in a park in Nagykanizsa, west of Budapest, Hungary Photograph: Gyoregy Varga/EPA

People walk under fully-bloomed cherry blossoms at Ueno Park in Tokyo Photograph: Junko Kimura/Getty