Tulips
FILE - In this Thursday, March 26, 2021 file photo, a sign asking people to observe social distancing and keep 1.5 meters, or five feet, apart to reduce the spread of the coronavirus was put up in a field of tulips in Lisse, Netherlands. Across the world, authorities are seeking to stave off a new surge of COVID-19 infections to contain a death toll which already exceeds 3 million. Crowds are anathema to health. Yet at the same time, the soothing glories of nature are said to be an ideal balm against the psychological burdens of loneliness, disorientation and fear that the pandemic has wrought. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong, File)
Pandemic puts tulips, bluebells, cherry blossoms in hiding

By Raf Casert Apr. 20, 2021 08:26 AM EDT

A couple wearing face masks take pictures at the world-famous Keukenhof garden in Lisse, Netherlands, Friday, April 9, 2021. Finally, after month after bleak month of lockdown, there are springtime shoots of hope emerging for a relaxation of coronavirus restrictions at a Dutch flower garden and other public venues. Keukenhof nestled in the pancake flat bulb fields between Amsterdam and The Hague opened its gates Friday to a lucky 5,000 people who were allowed in only if they could show proof on a smartphone app that they had just tested negative for COVID-19. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)
Visitors tiptoe through the tulips in Dutch virus test

By Mike Corder Apr. 09, 2021 10:50 AM EDT

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By The Associated Press Mar. 31, 2021 08:28 AM EDT
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Marjan Martin Curtis, left and Amy Baird pose at Curtis' home on Thursday, Nov. 12, 2020, in Spanish Fork, Utah. Baird was driving on a familiar road near her home in Spanish Fork when she caught her breath at the sight of hundreds of red and white tulips growing along a gentle slope. When she heard about free greeting cards from Hallmark, she decided to send one to the mysterious gardener, and a fast but unlikely friendship formed between Baird and Curtis, a 79-year-old widow with Stage-4 cancer. (AP Photo/Jeff Swinger)
Field of tulips joins worried mom with widow battling cancer

By Kelli Kennedy Nov. 17, 2020 10:52 AM EST

Three nuns look at the coffin of Inmaculada Louzan, a sister of Nazareth who died at age 80 of coronavirus related complications, during her burial at the Poble Nou cemetery in Barcelona, Spain, Saturday, April 18, 2020. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
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By The Associated Press Apr. 19, 2020 01:25 AM EDT