Andrew Heining shuts his eyes for a bit during a break from his afternoon commute home as visitors walk along the Tidal Basin to look at the cherry blossoms in Washington March 24, 2016. (Photo by Jonathan Ernst/Reuters)





Visitors duck under a low-hanging bough as they walk along the Tidal Basin to look at the cherry blossoms in Washington March 24, 2016 (Photo by Jonathan Ernst/Reuters)





Visitors walk along the Tidal Basin to look at the cherry blossoms in Washington March 24, 2016 (Photo by Jonathan Ernst/Reuters)





Visitors walk along the Tidal Basin to look at the cherry blossoms in Washington March 24, 2016 (Photo by Jonathan Ernst/Reuters)





Visitors stop to take pictures as they walk along the Tidal Basin to look at the cherry blossoms in Washington March 24, 2016 (Photo by Jonathan Ernst/Reuters)





Visitors walk along the Tidal Basin to look at the cherry blossoms in Washington March 24, 2016 (Photo by Jonathan Ernst/Reuters)





Visitors walk along the Tidal Basin to look at the cherry blossoms in Washington March 24, 2016 (Photo by Jonathan Ernst/Reuters)





Visitors walk along the Tidal Basin to look at cherry blossoms in Washington March 24, 2016. (Photo by Jonathan Ernst/Reuters)





A woman wearing a cherry blossom barrette in her hair takes a picture along the Tidal Basin while looking at cherry blossoms in Washington March 24, 2016. (Photo by Jonathan Ernst/Reuters)





A painter works at his easel as visitors walk along the Tidal Basin to look at cherry blossoms in Washington March 24, 2016. (Photo by Jonathan Ernst/Reuters)





A view of some of the famed cherry blossoms, some dating back to a gift from Japan in the early 1900's, blooming in Washington March 24, 2016. (Photo by Jonathan Ernst/Reuters)





People paddle a swan-shaped boat as visitors walk along the Tidal Basin to look at cherry blossoms in Washington March 24, 2016. (Photo by Jonathan Ernst/Reuters)





Visitors walk along the Tidal Basin to look at cherry blossoms in Washington March 24, 2016. (Photo by Jonathan Ernst/Reuters)





Cherry blossoms are in bloom along the Tidal Basin in Washington,DC on March 24, 2016. (Photo by Marc-Antoine Baudoux/AFP Photo)