Fleeting nature of life

Agencies Published April 8, 2011
A sparrow sits on a branch of a fully bloomed cherry tree at Tokyo's Ueno Park.
A sparrow sits on a branch of a fully bloomed cherry tree at Tokyo's Ueno Park.
People spread blue sheets on the ground to reserve places for friends and colleagues who will join them later in the day for cherry blossom viewing parties under fully bloomed cherry trees.
People spread blue sheets on the ground to reserve places for friends and colleagues who will join them later in the day for cherry blossom viewing parties under fully bloomed cherry trees.
Plum blossoms open up on a hill overlooking the city devastated by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in Rikuzentakata city, Iwate prefecture, northeastern Japan.
Plum blossoms open up on a hill overlooking the city devastated by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in Rikuzentakata city, Iwate prefecture, northeastern Japan.
Tomas Danulevicius of Arlington, Va., lifts his daughter seven-month-old daughter Eleanora, to the cherry blossoms along the Tidal Basin in Washington.
Tomas Danulevicius of Arlington, Va., lifts his daughter seven-month-old daughter Eleanora, to the cherry blossoms along the Tidal Basin in Washington.
People walk under rainfall along the cherry blossoms at the Tidal Basin in Washington.
People walk under rainfall along the cherry blossoms at the Tidal Basin in Washington.
People place plastic sheets on the ground, awaiting their accompanies for Cherry blossoms party under the cherry trees in Tokyo.
People place plastic sheets on the ground, awaiting their accompanies for Cherry blossoms party under the cherry trees in Tokyo.

Cherry blossoms, symbols of the fleeting nature of life, are blooming in Tokyo but many of the usual boisterous parties will be cancelled as Japan reels from its quake, tsunami and nuclear disasters. And in Washington, thousands braved cold weather and downpour, to enjoy the cherry blossoms, a highlight of the US capital's cultural calendar. Some 3,000 cherry trees were given to Washington as a gift from the mayor of Tokyo in 1912 as a symbol of US-Japanese friendship.–Photos by AP & AFP

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shagufta
Apr 08, 2011 10:11pm
nice pic,,,,, leaves a pleasant impact over mind...........
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Sarah Farrukh
Apr 08, 2011 10:37pm
Very Cool and Beautiful... SubhanAllah :)
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