These 25 Pictures Will Remind You That The World Is Still Beautiful

Take a mental pause from your self-quarantine with a breathtaking reminder that the natural world is still as beautiful as it ever was.

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Gabriel H. Sanchez
by Gabriel H. Sanchez

Senior Photo Essay Editor

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A woman reading a book at her window appears behind a blooming Japanese cherry tree in Lille, France, as lockdown is imposed to slow the rate of the coronavirus disease, March 24.

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Staff member Jeana Damiano chooses flowers outside the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, April 10. About 1,000 spring flowers, some of which were going to line the route of the 2020 Boston Marathon, were arranged in a heart outside Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and given to health care workers as they concluded long shifts at the hospital.

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People wearing protective face masks stand under blooming cherry blossoms in Berlin, April 12.

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A couple wearing face masks enjoy warm spring weather under a blooming tree in the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv, April 8.

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Spring blossoms bloom as a person runs along the Hudson River with the skyline of midtown Manhattan in the background, in Hoboken, New Jersey, April 4.

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Visitors wearing protective face masks take a selfie near cherry blossoms at the Shinjuku Gyoen National Garden in Tokyo, March 15.

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An aerial shot of peach blossoms in Nyingchi, Tibet, April 4.

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Tourists take a kayak tour of the Xixi wetland in Hangzhou, China, April 13.

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A woman runs in Cathays Park near tulips and blossoming cherry trees in Cardiff, United Kingdom, April 11.

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A family of Nile goose is seen in Dortmund, Germany, April 10.

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People walk past a field of tulips in Germany, April 13.

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A Palestinian girl picks wild poppy flowers in the southern Gaza Strip, April 8.

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A baby lamb in Buckinghamshire, UK, enjoys the spring sunshine, April 13.

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Parakeets eat apples fixed to a fence in London's Kensington Gardens, April 9.

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Daffodils in full bloom at Warkworth Castle in Northumberland, UK, March 25.

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Blue snowdrops are seen on a spring day in Tunceli, Turkey, April 11.

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Peach trees in bloom in Mersin, Turkey, April 4.

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A giant panda lies in flowers at the Beijing Zoo, April 4.

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Swans swim past daffodils in Waterloo Lake in Leeds, UK, April 6.

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Numerous trees and shrubs are in bloom at the foot of the Wachsenburg castle in Thuringia, Germany, April 14.

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People walk with their dog along the beach in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, April 1.

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A titmouse sits on a blossoming pussy willow in St. Petersburg, Russia, April 11.

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A cyclist makes their way on a path in Brandenburg, Germany, April 7.


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