Photos: Fall Is in the Air

In northern Maine, a bull moose emerged from the woods on September 26, 2026. Trees in Huanggangliang, China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, were ablaze with autumn hues on September 18, 2026. During the annual Harvest Fest in Stillwater, Minnesota, Laura Fairchild paddled a giant pumpkin to the finish line on October 11, 2026.

Siblings Charlotte and E.J. Taylor navigated a corn maze at Bippert’s Farms near Buffalo, New York, on September 27, 2026. In Germany, spiderwebs shone in the early morning light in Uttenweiler on September 26, 2026. At Ithaca Falls in New York, a person fished on October 12, 2026. A red squirrel scurried behind a mossy tree trunk somewhere in Germany on October 8, 2026.

At the "Pumpkin Goes to Hollywood" exhibition in Klaistow, Germany, visitors marveled at a King Kong figure crafted from pumpkins and wood on September 17, 2026. Alpacas accompanied a shepherd during the Swiss festival marking the return of herds from mountain pastures in the Griesalp area near Kiental on September 22, 2026. Brian Evans displayed his family’s entry at the 53rd Annual World Championship Pumpkin Weigh-Off in Half Moon Bay, California, on October 12, 2026.

A cyclist journeyed along the Golden Gravel Trail through vibrant autumn colors in Colorado’s Uncompahgre National Forest on September 24, 2026. The Tu Hwnt I’r Bont Tea Rooms in Llanrwst, North Wales, were draped in vivid Virginia creeper on October 2, 2026. Benjamin Bojadzija searched for the ideal pumpkin at Engelke Farm in Troy, New York, on October 7, 2026.

The northern lights illuminated the ruins of Dunstanburgh Castle on England's Northumberland coast on October 11, 2026. In London’s Richmond Park, a deer stag bellowed at sunrise during the annual rut on October 8, 2026. Sunflowers and purple-flowering phacelia radiated warmth under the autumn sun in a field near Jacobsdorf, Germany, on October 12, 2026.