From umbrellas to clouds: your best pictures on this week’s theme, April showers
Photo: ‘It’s London. April showers occur all through the year…’ Credit: Rod Olukoya
So while the UK is still freezing at least the blossom is out somewhere…
Life is a carpet of cherry blossom in this Tokyo park as people enjoy a picnic on the banks of a pond covered with petals. Photograph: YOSHIKAZU TSUNO/AFP/Getty Images
Morning Tumblr! Here’s a lovely example of the March snow we’ve had here in the UK over this weekend. This one taken by Future-Echoes and added to our Snow Flickr group
Oh little lamb!
It’s the third day of spring so why’s it sooooo coooold?
With snow returning across the country, Guardian readers have been sending in photos – and you can add your own to the gallery here.
Simply upload a picture on Instagram or to Twitter using the tag #guardiansnow. (We’ll only be able to see yours if you turn on ‘add to your photo map’.) We’ll do the rest, so check back here. You can also add your photos to our UK Snow group on Flickr here.
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Photograph: jenirodger
Share your early signs of spring pictures with us via Flickr.
This week in wildlife: Hares in a snow-covered field on the edge of Bad Vilbel, Germany Photograph: Frank Rumpenhorst/EPA
The Environment Agency has amended its advice on the best way to deal with the looming thaw after conceding that urging everyone to build a snowman would probably do little to lessen the risk of flooding.
Photo: A meerkat at London Zoo checks out a new snowman playmate in its pen. Zsl London Zoo/EPA
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