Is it spring yet?
Spring arrived in the northern hemisphere on March 20 - the day of the vernal equinox, which marks the start of the new season.
Although an unusually cold winter has left many in the United States still feeling pretty chilly, Reuters photographer Lucy Nicholson took a series of pictures of people in California enjoying the sunny outdoors.
Nineteen-year-old Star Alvarez holds her pet snake on Venice Beach in Los Angeles.
A butterfly takes off in the Pollinator Garden at the Natural History Museum.
A woman dressed as a giant butterfly stands behind children playing in the garden.
Fifteen-month-old Amelia Tompkins reaches out towards flowers in the Pollinator Garden.
People walk barefoot in the Pacific Ocean on Los Angeles’ Venice Beach.
Seven-year-old Dominic Rodriguez plays in the sea.
A man goes surfing on Venice Beach.
Nineteen-year-old Lexus Price poses by the water for a friend taking photos.
A woman takes part in a photo shoot on Venice Beach.
Ross Barron and Cassidy Priegel watch the sunset by the sea.
Starr Jones, 21, and James Spencer, 21, kiss on Venice Beach as the sun goes down.
