From soft peach to vivid pink and purple blooms, spring arrives in a burst of color across the Northern Hemisphere. In Washington, D.C. and Tokyo, streets and parks are awash in a sea of cherry blossoms. Across the plains of Greece’s largest peach-producing region, orchards unfurl like a pink veil over the landscape, while in London parks burst into bloom. And each spring, a purple haze of blossoming jacaranda trees brightens Mexico City.
From front-page news to powerful moments you may have missed, this gallery showcases today’s top photos chosen by Associated Press photo editors.
BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) – Indigenous people from across Brazil gathered in the capital for the annual Free Land Encampment rally to demand that the government honor longstanding promises, like the demarcation of Indigenous territories.
NEW YORK (AP) – People wearing decorated hats and costumes participated in an Easter parade on Fifth Avenue in New York on Sunday.
VATICAN CITY (AP) – Pope Leo XIV celebrated his first Easter Mass as pontiff with a call Sunday to lay down arms and seek peace to global conflicts through dialogue.
Fly me to the Moon
March 27 – April 2, 2026 – People around Latin America and the Caribbean marked Holy Week with colorful processions and other traditional displays.
Christians are celebrating Holy Week with processions and reenactments across the globe.
Four astronauts took off on a flight around the moon in what is humanity’s first lunar voyage in more than half a century and the leadoff in NASA’s push toward a lunar landing in two years.
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