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Green is the theme this week in honor of St. Patrick’s Day that is celebrated in many cities around the world.

Spring is right around the corner, bringing hopeful signs of landscapes tinted with the same hues.

The basilica of the sacred heart (Sacre Coeur) on the top of the Montmartre hill is illuminated green in celebration of Saint Patrick’s Day.

Participants in the St. Patrick’s Day Parade perform and process through central London, England March 13.

The Funkturm (Radio Tower) is illuminated in green color in Berlin, Germany, March 17, on the occasion of St. Patrick’s Day.

People take part during the St. Patrick’s Day parade in New York, March 17.

Sophia Reardon, 9, sits in between twins Ava and Chloe Hawco, 10, during St. Patrick’s Day Mass at Cathedral of the Holy Cross.

Steven Menendez, of Manhattan, waves the Gay Pride flag as he waits for the St. Patrick’s Day parade to start on Fifth Ave, March 17, in New York.

Caoimhe Cooburn-Gray poses for a picture on St. Patrick’s day in Dublin, Ireland on March 17.

Barack Obama is presented with a bowl of shamrocks from acting Prime Minister of Ireland Enda Kenny; during a reception for St. Patrick’s Day in Washington, DC, USA, March 15.

Paddy Cusack enjoys a pint of Guinness during St Patrick’s Day at the Cheltenham Festival in England.

Deacon Fetterman blows a trumpet on the corner of Lafayette Square during the St. Patrick’s Day Parade, March 17, in Savannah, Ga.

Clergy arrive for the annual Saint Patrick’s Day service and pilgrimage from Saul church to Downpatrick cathedral on March 17, in Downpatrick, Northern Ireland.

Blossoming snowdrop flowers are seen on the ground due to unusually mild winter temperatures in Oroshaza, Hungary, Feb. 1.

People watch the St. Patrick’s day parade in Dublin, Ireland March 17.

People dressed in historical costumes from the 1916 Easter Rising take part in the St Patrick’s Day parade through central London on March 13.

The fountain on the North Lawn of the White House is colored green in celebration of Saint Patrick’s Day on March 17, in Washington, DC.

A farmer works in a field of blossoming cabbage plants in Xuan Son village, outside Hanoi, Vietnam Feb. 13.

Participants in the St. Patrick’s Day Parade perform and process through central London, England, March 13.

A reveler watches the St. Patrick’s Day Parade as it processes through central London, Britain March 13.

A woman joins in the celebrations during a St. Patrick’s Day party and concert in Trafalgar square in central London, March 13.

Members of Plumbers Union 130 dye the Chicago River green for the city’s St. Patrick’s day celebration March 13, in Chicago.

Children play in the grass near the the Greek-Macedonian border in the village of Idomeni, where thousands of migrants are stranded on March 7.

Phyllis Cerrone, of East Boston dressed in green for the East Boston Golden Age Club’s annual St Patrick’s Day luncheon in East Boston, March 16.

Prince William, presents the Regimental mascot 4 yr old Irish Hound Domhnall with a sprig of Shamrock during The 1st Battalion Irish Guards for the St. Patrick’s Day parade on March 17, in London, United Kingdom.

A woman takes a photo of her daughter in a field of rapeseed oil blossoms at Hamarikyu Garden in Tokyo, Sunday, March 6, 2016.

Participants take part in the St Patrick’s Day parade on the streets of Dublin, March 17.