[PHOTOS] Harvest in full swing

Rice, olives, apples, pomegranates, marigolds and marigold flowers are among the crops being harvested across the world in October 2023. In Seoul, South Korea, children joined in a rice harvesting event at the Yeouido Saetgang Ecological Park. Meanwhile, an Indian farming family worked to recover a damaged paddy field after unexpected rain.

In northeastern China, an aerial shot captured a combine preparing land for next year's planting at a Beidahuang Group farm. Lebanon's Roumine village saw a man holding freshly picked olives during the olive harvest. Southern Lebanon's Zibqin village witnessed Hafida Barakat harvesting her olives.

A Nepalese farmer in Bhaktapur used a winnowing device to separate rice chaff from the grain after harvest. Zhongwei, in northwest China's Ningxia Hui autonomous region, saw farmers sorting freshly picked apples at a cooperative warehouse amid a record apple harvest.

In Tunisia, an olive farmer displayed a freshly harvested pomegranate, while another in Kandahar, Afghanistan, prepared the fruit for export. Pomegranates in Kandahar are typically harvested between September and November, with October marking the peak season.

In Kashmir, India, a farmer spread freshly harvested red cockscomb flowers to dry for use in a natural coloring agent essential to Kashmiri cuisine. In Mexico, Atlixco celebrated the Day of the Dead with farmers working with freshly cut marigold flowers.