Photos of the Week: Night Harvest, Heavy Surf, Pumpkin Kong

Wang He / Getty Wingsuit flyer Michael Brewer of the U.S. trial jumps off a mountain to hit a target during the 12th World Wind Loading China Grand Prix on September 10, 2026, in Zhangjiajie, China.

Adam Gray / Getty A person wears a giant butterfly costume during the annual West Indian Day Parade on September 7, 2026, in the Brooklyn borough of New York City.

Noah Lantor / AP Florida State students react during a stadium-wide power outage before an NCAA college football game against SMU in Tallahassee, Florida, on September 7, 2026.

Frank Hammerschmidt / DPA / Getty A praying mantis perches on the stem of a heather plant in the Lieberose Heath in Brandenburg, Germany, on September 8, 2026.

Ebrahim Noroozi / AP Paige Bueckers of Team USA talks to China’s Zhang Ziyu during the Women’s Basketball World Cup match between China and the United States in Berlin, Germany, on September 4, 2026.

The official listed height of Ziyu (age 19) is 7 feet 4 inches (223 cm).

Joao Luiz Bulcao / Hans Lucas / AFP / Getty A tourist poses for a photograph overlooking Rio de Janeiro from Corcovado, Brazil, on September 5, 2026, with Sugarloaf Mountain visible in the background.

Eric Gay / AP The University of Texas mascot, Bevo, is brought onto the field by handlers for an NCAA college football game between Texas and Texas State in Austin, Texas, on September 5, 2026.

Marco Ugarte / AP A blacksmith prepares horseshoes during the annual Charro Fest, a traditional Mexican rodeo, at the Lienzo Charro Constituyentes arena in Mexico City, Mexico, on September 5, 2026. Özkan Bilgin / Anadolu / Getty Local shepherds and villagers pass through snow tunnels measuring up to 40 meters long, formed beneath unmelted snow masses even late into the summer, to care for their livestock in the high-altitude pastures of the Bahçesaray district in Van, Turkey, on September 3, 2026.

Laurent Cipriani / AP Tourists walk in the ice cave of the Mer de Glace glacier, at Montenvers station in Chamonix, France, on September 5, 2026.

Patricia De Melo Moreira / AFP / Getty Workers from the Herdade das Servas winery take part in a nighttime grape harvest in Estremoz, Portugal, on September 3, 2026.

Night harvesting is a strategic winemaking technique adopted mainly in regions with very hot climates, such as the Alentejo or the Douro, where summer daytime temperatures can exceed 104 degrees Fahrenheit.

Harvesting grapes between sunset and sunrise offers technical advantages for wine quality and winery sustainability.

Pavel Bednyakov / AP A worker lifts a giant pumpkin during a weigh-in competition at the Battle of Giants harvest festival in Moscow, Russia, on September 10, 2026.