"spring shadow"

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7 May 2026

Two pedestrians walk along a park path beside a stream while other people sit eating on a bench in Bayreuth, Bavaria, Germany, on May 1, 2026. Mild spring weather brings residents to public green spaces for walking, resting, and eating outdoors.

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7 May 2026

Two pedestrians walk along a park path beside a stream while other people lie in a meadow in Bayreuth, Bavaria, Germany, on May 1, 2026. Mild spring weather brings residents to public green spaces for walking, resting, and eating outdoors.

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6 May 2026

A lone visitor walks in silhouette through the long glazed gallery corridor at the Franciscan Sanctuary of La Verna in Arezzo, Tuscany, Italy, on April 9, 2026. Bright spring sunlight streaming through large steel-framed multi-pane windows casts a pattern of rectangular shadows across the dark stone floor. The left wall is lined with devotional frescoes depicting episodes from the life of St. Francis of Assisi, while a Franciscan prayer text in calligraphic script is visible on the right wall. The corridor connects the main sanctuary buildings, suspended between the interior space and the forested mountain landscape outside.

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6 May 2026

A wide paved access path winds through tall bare beech trees toward a stone building of the Franciscan Sanctuary of La Verna on Monte della Verna, Arezzo, Tuscany, Italy, on April 9, 2026. Long shadows of the tree trunks stretch diagonally across the path in the low morning light, which also creates a lens flare in the upper frame. A wooden railing on the left marks the descent toward the village below, while dead leaves cover the embankment on the right, the beeches still bare in early spring at altitude. This approach through the ancient protected beech forest forms part of the traditional pilgrimage route to one of Italy's most visited Franciscan sacred sites.

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27 Apr 2026

People sit on a bench at Olympiapark while a man looks at a smartphone on a grassy slope in Munich, Bavaria, Germany, on April 24, 2026. Warm spring weather brings residents and visitors to public green spaces for rest, social time, and everyday outdoor leisure in the city.

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20 Apr 2026

A young couple walks at Petrovaradin Fortress in Novi Sad, Serbia, on April 18, 2026.

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20 Apr 2026

KUDAMATSU, JAPAN - APRIL 18: Dense stalks of bamboo grow in a thicket, showcasing various stages of growth and natural textures within a local forest in Kasado Island, Kudamatsu, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan, on April 18, 2026.

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14 Apr 2026

SASAGURI, JAPAN - APRIL 8: Visitors walk past the colossal bronze feet of the Nehanzo (Reclining Buddha) at Nanzo-in Temple in Sasaguri, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan, on April 8, 2026. Measuring 41 meters long and 11 meters high, this monument is one of the world's largest bronze statues and depicts the Buddha at the moment of death and entry into Nirvana.

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14 Apr 2026

KUDAMATSU, JAPAN - APRIL 07: The historic D51 592 steam locomotive, known as 'Degoichi,' sits preserved beneath blooming cherry blossoms (sakura) at the Kokumin Shukusha Taiyo parking area on Kasado Island in Kudamatsu, Yamaguchi, Japan, on April 7, 2026.

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14 Apr 2026

KUDAMATSU, JAPAN - APRIL 07: The interior of the D51 592 steam locomotive's cab, a historic engine statically preserved at the Kokumin Shukusha Taiyo Third Parking Lot on Kasado Island in Kudamatsu City, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan, on April 7, 2026.

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14 Apr 2026

KUDAMATSU, JAPAN - APRIL 07: The historic D51 592 steam locomotive, known as 'Degoichi,' sits preserved beneath blooming cherry blossoms (sakura) at the Kokumin Shukusha Taiyo parking area on Kasado Island in Kudamatsu, Yamaguchi, Japan, on April 7, 2026.

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14 Apr 2026

KYOTO, JAPAN - MARCH 31: A red chochin (paper lantern) bearing the name of the Miyako Odori dance performance hangs outside a traditional wooden building in the Gion district at night in Kyoto, Kansai, Japan, on March 31, 2026. The lanterns, featuring a distinctive white circle pattern representing dango (sweet dumplings), are displayed across the historic district to mark the annual spring performance by geiko and maiko that begins on April 1.

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14 Apr 2026

KYOTO, JAPAN - MARCH 31: A woman dressed in a traditional kimono walks along a lantern-lit street in the historic Gion district at night in Kyoto, Kansai, Japan, on March 31, 2026. The area, renowned for its well-preserved machiya (traditional wooden merchant houses), draws large numbers of visitors during the spring cherry blossom (sakura) season who come to experience the atmosphere of the city's ancient geisha quarter.

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14 Apr 2026

KYOTO, JAPAN - MARCH 31: Crowds of tourists and residents gather at the entrance of the Yasaka Shrine (Gion-sha) as the sun sets over the Gion district in Kyoto, Kansai, Japan, on March 31, 2026. The historic Shinto shrine, known for its vibrant vermilion gates and seasonal festivals, remains a central landmark for visitors during the peak spring travel season.

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14 Apr 2026

KYOTO, JAPAN - MARCH 31: Crowds of tourists and residents gather at the entrance of the Yasaka Shrine (Gion-sha) as the sun sets over the Gion district in Kyoto, Kansai, Japan, on March 31, 2026. The historic Shinto shrine, known for its vibrant vermilion gates and seasonal festivals, remains a central landmark for visitors during the peak spring travel season.

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12 Apr 2026

IWAKUNI, JAPAN - APRIL 12: A view of lush, forested mountain ridges and power line pylons framed by blooming cherry blossoms in Iwakuni, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan, on April 12, 2026.

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