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Irises

Irises

Irises grow at a private nursery of ornamental plants in Kharkiv region, Ukraine, on June 1, 2025. (Photo by Viacheslav Madiievskyi/Ukrinform)

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Irises

Irises

Irises grow at a private nursery of ornamental plants in Kharkiv region, Ukraine, on June 1, 2025. (Photo by Viacheslav Madiievskyi/Ukrinform)

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Irises

Irises

Irises grow at a private nursery of ornamental plants in Kharkiv region, Ukraine, on June 1, 2025. (Photo by Viacheslav Madiievskyi/Ukrinform)

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Irises

Irises

The sun shines in the blue sky above irises at a private nursery of ornamental plants, Kharkiv region, Ukraine, on June 1, 2025. (Photo by Viacheslav Madiievskyi/Ukrinform)

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Irises

Irises

Dmytro Tarasenko, an owner of a nursery of ornamental plants, walks among irises in Kharkiv region, Ukraine, on June 1, 2025. (Photo by Viacheslav Madiievskyi/Ukrinform)

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Irises

Irises

Irises grow at a private nursery of ornamental plants in Kharkiv region, Ukraine, on June 1, 2025. (Photo by Viacheslav Madiievskyi/Ukrinform)

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Irises

Irises

Irises are displayed in a vase on the table in a gazebo at a nursery of ornamental plants, Kharkiv region, Ukraine, on June 1, 2025. (Photo by Viacheslav Madiievskyi/Ukrinform)

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Irises

Irises

Irises grow at a private nursery of ornamental plants in Kharkiv region, Ukraine, on June 1, 2025. (Photo by Viacheslav Madiievskyi/Ukrinform)

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Irises

Irises

Irises grow at a private nursery of ornamental plants in Kharkiv region, Ukraine, on June 1, 2025. (Photo by Viacheslav Madiievskyi/Ukrinform)

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Irises

Irises

Irises grow at a private nursery of ornamental plants in Kharkiv region, Ukraine, on June 1, 2025. (Photo by Viacheslav Madiievskyi/Ukrinform)

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Irises

Irises

Dmytro Tarasenko, an owner of a nursery of ornamental plants, walks among irises in Kharkiv region, Ukraine, on June 1, 2025. (Photo by Viacheslav Madiievskyi/Ukrinform)

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Irises

Irises

Irises grow at a private nursery of ornamental plants in Kharkiv region, Ukraine, on June 1, 2025. (Photo by Viacheslav Madiievskyi/Ukrinform)

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Irises

Irises

Irises grow at a private nursery of ornamental plants in Kharkiv region, Ukraine, on June 1, 2025. (Photo by Viacheslav Madiievskyi/Ukrinform)

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Irises

Irises

Irises grow at a private nursery of ornamental plants in Kharkiv region, Ukraine, on June 1, 2025. (Photo by Viacheslav Madiievskyi/Ukrinform)

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Irises

Irises

Irises grow at a private nursery of ornamental plants in Kharkiv region, Ukraine, on June 1, 2025. (Photo by Viacheslav Madiievskyi/Ukrinform)

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Irises

Irises

Irises grow at a private nursery of ornamental plants in Kharkiv region, Ukraine, on June 1, 2025. (Photo by Viacheslav Madiievskyi/Ukrinform)

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Irises

Irises

Irises grow at a private nursery of ornamental plants in Kharkiv region, Ukraine, on June 1, 2025. (Photo by Viacheslav Madiievskyi/Ukrinform)

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Irises

Irises

Irises grow at a private nursery of ornamental plants in Kharkiv region, Ukraine, on June 1, 2025. (Photo by Viacheslav Madiievskyi/Ukrinform)

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Irises

Irises

Irises grow at a private nursery of ornamental plants in Kharkiv region, Ukraine, on June 1, 2025. (Photo by Viacheslav Madiievskyi/Ukrinform)

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Irises

Irises

Irises grow at a private nursery of ornamental plants in Kharkiv region, Ukraine, on June 1, 2025. (Photo by Viacheslav Madiievskyi/Ukrinform)

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Irises

Irises

Irises grow at a private nursery of ornamental plants in Kharkiv region, Ukraine, on June 1, 2025. (Photo by Viacheslav Madiievskyi/Ukrinform)

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Irises

Irises

Irises grow at a private nursery of ornamental plants in Kharkiv region, Ukraine, on June 1, 2025. (Photo by Viacheslav Madiievskyi/Ukrinform)

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Irises

Irises

Irises grow at a private nursery of ornamental plants in Kharkiv region, Ukraine, on June 1, 2025. (Photo by Viacheslav Madiievskyi/Ukrinform)

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Irises

Irises

Irises grow at a private nursery of ornamental plants in Kharkiv region, Ukraine, on June 1, 2025. (Photo by Viacheslav Madiievskyi/Ukrinform)

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Japanese irises bloom at Chiba park

Japanese irises bloom at Chiba park

Japanese irises are in full bloom at Suigo Sawara Ayame Park in Katori, Chiba Prefecture, eastern Japan, on June 7, 2024, with visitors enjoying the flowers from a boat in a pond.

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Japanese irises bloom at Chiba park

Japanese irises bloom at Chiba park

Japanese irises are in full bloom at Suigo Sawara Ayame Park in Katori, Chiba Prefecture, eastern Japan, on June 7, 2024, with visitors enjoying the flowers from a boat in a pond.

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Japanese irises bloom at Chiba park

Japanese irises bloom at Chiba park

Japanese irises are in full bloom at Suigo Sawara Ayame Park in Katori, Chiba Prefecture, eastern Japan, on June 7, 2024, with visitors enjoying the flowers from a boat in a pond.

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Irises in Kharkiv region

Irises in Kharkiv region

KHARKIV REGION, UKRAINE - MAY 4, 2024 - Dwarf irises grow at the park and nursery of the Taranenko family in Kharkiv region, northeastern Ukraine.

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Irises in Kharkiv region

Irises in Kharkiv region

KHARKIV REGION, UKRAINE - MAY 4, 2024 - A man points at dwarf irises growing at the park and nursery of the Taranenko family in Kharkiv region, northeastern Ukraine.

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Irises in Kharkiv region

Irises in Kharkiv region

KHARKIV REGION, UKRAINE - MAY 4, 2024 - A dwarf iris grows at the park and nursery of the Taranenko family in Kharkiv region, northeastern Ukraine.

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Irises in Kharkiv region

Irises in Kharkiv region

KHARKIV REGION, UKRAINE - MAY 4, 2024 - Dwarf irises grow at the park and nursery of the Taranenko family in Kharkiv region, northeastern Ukraine.

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Irises in Kharkiv region

Irises in Kharkiv region

KHARKIV REGION, UKRAINE - MAY 4, 2024 - Dwarf irises grow at the park and nursery of the Taranenko family in Kharkiv region, northeastern Ukraine.

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Irises in Kharkiv region

Irises in Kharkiv region

KHARKIV REGION, UKRAINE - MAY 4, 2024 - A dwarf iris grows at the park and nursery of the Taranenko family in Kharkiv region, northeastern Ukraine.

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Irises in Kharkiv region

Irises in Kharkiv region

KHARKIV REGION, UKRAINE - MAY 4, 2024 - A dwarf iris grows at the park and nursery of the Taranenko family in Kharkiv region, northeastern Ukraine.

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Irises in Kharkiv region

Irises in Kharkiv region

KHARKIV REGION, UKRAINE - MAY 4, 2024 - Dwarf irises grow at the park and nursery of the Taranenko family in Kharkiv region, northeastern Ukraine.

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Irises in Kharkiv region

Irises in Kharkiv region

KHARKIV REGION, UKRAINE - MAY 4, 2024 - Dwarf irises grow at the park and nursery of the Taranenko family in Kharkiv region, northeastern Ukraine.

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Irises in Kharkiv region

Irises in Kharkiv region

KHARKIV REGION, UKRAINE - MAY 4, 2024 - Dwarf irises grow at the park and nursery of the Taranenko family in Kharkiv region, northeastern Ukraine.

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Irises in Kharkiv region

Irises in Kharkiv region

KHARKIV REGION, UKRAINE - MAY 4, 2024 - A dwarf iris grows at the park and nursery of the Taranenko family in Kharkiv region, northeastern Ukraine.

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Irises in Kharkiv region

Irises in Kharkiv region

KHARKIV REGION, UKRAINE - MAY 4, 2024 - A dwarf iris grows at the park and nursery of the Taranenko family in Kharkiv region, northeastern Ukraine.

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Irises in Kharkiv region

Irises in Kharkiv region

KHARKIV REGION, UKRAINE - MAY 4, 2024 - Dwarf irises grow at the park and nursery of the Taranenko family in Kharkiv region, northeastern Ukraine.

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Irises in Kharkiv region

Irises in Kharkiv region

KHARKIV REGION, UKRAINE - MAY 4, 2024 - Dwarf irises grow at the park and nursery of the Taranenko family in Kharkiv region, northeastern Ukraine.

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Irises in Kharkiv region

Irises in Kharkiv region

KHARKIV REGION, UKRAINE - MAY 4, 2024 - Dwarf irises grow at the park and nursery of the Taranenko family in Kharkiv region, northeastern Ukraine.

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Daily life in Sevastopol

Daily life in Sevastopol

RUSSIA, SEVASTOPOL - MAY 12, 2023: A boy rides a bicycle past blooming irises by the Black Sea. Sergei Malgavko/TASS

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Daily life in Sevastopol

Daily life in Sevastopol

RUSSIA, SEVASTOPOL - MAY 12, 2023: A man walks past blooming irises by the Black Sea. Sergei Malgavko/TASS

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Daily life in Sevastopol

Daily life in Sevastopol

RUSSIA, SEVASTOPOL - MAY 12, 2023: A woman walks past blooming irises by the Black Sea. Sergei Malgavko/TASS

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'Ayame musume' visit Prime Minister Abe

'Ayame musume' visit Prime Minister Abe

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe receives a bouquet of flowers from young women serving as "ayame musume," daughters of the irises, from Itako, Ibaraki Prefecture, northeast of Tokyo, during their visit to the prime minister's office in Tokyo on May 27, 2014.

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PM Aso receives courtesy call from 'iris' women

PM Aso receives courtesy call from 'iris' women

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso is presented with a bouquet of irises by women working for an iris festival in Itako, Ibaraki Prefecure, northeast of Tokyo, on June 3 when they paid a courtesy call on the prime minister at his office.

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Horse festival held in northern Japan

Horse festival held in northern Japan

IWATE, Japan - Some 100 decorated horses are led along a road lined by irises in an annual horse festival in Iwate Prefecture on June 9. The festival, called Chagu-chagu Umakko (horses with ringing bells) originated in the Edo Period (1603-1867) as a way to express gratitude to horses used for agriculture and to pray for good health and no disasters.

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Irises in full bloom in Chiba Prefecture

Irises in full bloom in Chiba Prefecture

SAWARA, Japan - Irises are seen in full bloom at a botanical garden in Sawara, Chiba Prefecture, on June 12.

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Young couple tie knot in boat in old-fashioned ceremony

Young couple tie knot in boat in old-fashioned ceremony

Katsuyuki Ikeda, 26, (L) and Kazuyo Kuboki, 28, (R) tie the knot aboard a boat surrounded by irises in a revival of a local wedding tradition June 5 at the botanical gardens in Sawara, Chiba Prefecture. The bride and groom's first names are written on lanterns in the background.

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