Photos: Fall Is in the Air

A bull moose walks through shrubs, some showing fall colors.

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A bull moose emerges from the deep woods somewhere in northern Maine, on September 26, 2026.

Trees display autumn colors on a mountainside.

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Trees display autumn colors in Huanggangliang, in China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, on September 18, 2026.

A person shows the effort on their face as they paddle a giant pumpkin to the finish line of a race.

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Laura Fairchild paddles a giant pumpkin to the finish line in the Pumpkin Regatta, part of the annual Harvest Fest in Stillwater, Minnesota, on October 11, 2026.

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Siblings Charlotte and E.J. Taylor run into the corn maze at Bippert’s Farms outside Buffalo, New York, on September 27, 2026.

Fall colors appear among low shrubs along a mountain path.

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Fall colors along a hiking path in the Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest, near Mazama, Washington, on October 8, 2026

Spiderwebs glisten in a meadow against the backlight of the rising sun.

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Spiderwebs in a meadow glisten in the early-morning light, in Uttenweiler, Germany, on September 26, 2026.

A person wearing waders fishes at the base of a broad waterfall.

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A person fishes at the base of Ithaca Falls in Ithaca, New York, on October 12, 2026.

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A red squirrel peeks out from behind a mossy tree trunk, somewhere in Germany, on October 8, 2026.

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Visitors take photos of a King Kong figure made of pumpkins and wood at the “Pumpkin Goes to Hollywood” exhibition at the Asparagus and Adventure Farm in Klaistow, near Berlin, Germany, on September 17, 2026.

A shepherd leads a herd of alpacas down a mountain path.

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Alpacas follow a shepherd during the traditional Alpabzug, in German, or Désalpe, in French, a Swiss festival to mark the return of herds from mountain pastures, in the Griesalp area above Kiental, on September 22, 2026.

A man in a cowboy hat casts a shadow on a giant pumpkin.

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Brian Evans with his family’s entry at the 53rd Annual World Championship Pumpkin Weigh-Off on October 12, 2026, in Half Moon Bay, California.

A cyclist rides on a broad mountain trail past trees in autumn colors.

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A cyclist rides the Golden Gravel Trail through brilliant autumn colors along the western slope of the Great Divide in the Uncompahgre National Forest, near Paradox, Colorado, on September 24, 2026.

A historic riverside building, covered in Virginia creeper that has started to change into red autumnal colors

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The Tu Hwnt I’r Bont Tea Rooms is covered in bright Virginia creeper, in Llanrwst, North Wales, on October 2, 2026.

A child looks for a pumpkin among hundreds spread out over a field.

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Benjamin Bojadzija looks for the perfect pumpkin at Engelke Farm in Troy, New York, on October 7, 2026.

The Northern Lights light up the sky above the ruins of a castle.

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The northern lights above the ruins of Dunstanburgh Castle, on the Northumberland coast of England, on October 11, 2026

Two cyclists ride past a bellowing deer stag.

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A deer stag bellows at sunrise during the annual rut in Richmond Park, London, on October 8, 2026.

Sunflowers and purple flowers cover a field, seen under a partly-cloudy sky.

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Sunflowers and purple-flowering phacelia glow in the autumn sun in a field near Jacobsdorf, Germany, on October 12, 2026.

An aerial view of a wide mountain slope covered in fall-colored trees

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An aerial view of vibrant red, orange and yellow leaves transforming the landscape in Westmore, Vermont, on October 3, 2026

Five beets, carved like Jack-o'-lanterns

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Illuminated “beet ghosts” outside a house in Riedlingen, Germany, on October 11, 2026. The fall tradition uses the vegetable as pumpkins are used for jack-o’-lanterns.

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A grey heron flies above the Danube in morning fog near Riedlingen, Germany, on October 11, 2026.

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A person tosses autumn leaves into the air in Seville, in the Andalusia region of Spain, on September 23, 2026.