Pakistan's blossom season brings calm in a conflicted world

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  • Pakistan's blossom season brings calm in a conflicted world
  • Pakistan's blossom season brings calm in a conflicted world
  • Pakistan's blossom season brings calm in a conflicted world

The harsh days of winter were over in Pakistan's high north and while snow still tops the towering peaks, spring has arrived in the foothills. The blossoms that turn bare trees into a vibrant shade of pink carpet the thawing farmland of Gilgit-Baltistan from late March every year. But this year, visitors who had come to witness the region's cherry and apricot blossoms saw it as the perfect tonic to the conflicts in the Middle East.

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