Stan Grossfeld / The Boston Globe / GettyA bull moose emerges from the deep woods somewhere in northern Maine, on September 26, 2026.VCG / GettyTrees display autumn colors in Huanggangliang, in China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, on September 18, 2026.Ellen Schmidt / APLaura 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.Libby March / The Buffalo News / GettySiblings Charlotte and E.J. Taylor run into the corn maze at Bippert’s Farms outside Buffalo, New York, on September 27, 2026.Annika Hammerschlag / APFall colors along a hiking path in the Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest, near Mazama, Washington, on October 8, 2026Thomas Warnack / DPA / GettySpiderwebs in a meadow glisten in the early-morning light, in Uttenweiler, Germany, on September 26, 2026.Anna Moneymaker / GettyA person fishes at the base of Ithaca Falls in Ithaca, New York, on October 12, 2026.Gerd Harder / DPA / ReutersA red squirrel peeks out from behind a mossy tree trunk, somewhere in Germany, on October 8, 2026.Markus Schreiber / APVisitors 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.Fabrice Coffrini / AFP / GettyAlpacas 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.Benjamin Fanjoy / GettyBrian Evans with his family’s entry at the 53rd Annual World Championship Pumpkin Weigh-Off on October 12, 2026, in Half Moon Bay, California.Larry Clouse / CSM / ZUMA Press Wire / ReutersA 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.Peter Byrne / PA Images / GettyThe Tu Hwnt I’r Bont Tea Rooms is covered in bright Virginia creeper, in Llanrwst, North Wales, on October 2, 2026.Jim Franco / Albany Times Union / GettyBenjamin Bojadzija looks for the perfect pumpkin at Engelke Farm in Troy, New York, on October 7, 2026.Owen Humphreys / PA Images / GettyThe northern lights above the ruins of Dunstanburgh Castle, on the Northumberland coast of England, on October 11, 2026Brook Mitchell / GettyA deer stag bellows at sunrise during the annual rut in Richmond Park, London, on October 8, 2026.Patrick Pleul / DPA / GettySunflowers and purple-flowering phacelia glow in the autumn sun in a field near Jacobsdorf, Germany, on October 12, 2026.Lokman Vural Elibol / Anadolu / GettyAn aerial view of vibrant red, orange and yellow leaves transforming the landscape in Westmore, Vermont, on October 3, 2026Thomas Warnack / DPA / GettyIlluminated “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.Thomas Warnack / DPA / GettyA grey heron flies above the Danube in morning fog near Riedlingen, Germany, on October 11, 2026.Joaquin Corchero / Europa Press / GettyA person tosses autumn leaves into the air in Seville, in the Andalusia region of Spain, on September 23, 2026.
