Photos: Fall Is in the Air
Stan Grossfeld / The Boston Globe / Getty A bull moose emerges from the deep woods somewhere in northern Maine, on September 26, 2026.
VCG / Getty Trees display autumn colors in Huanggangliang, in China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, on September 18, 2026.
Ellen Schmidt / AP 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.
Libby March / The Buffalo News / Getty Siblings Charlotte and E.J.
Taylor run into the corn maze at Bippert’s Farms outside Buffalo, New York, on September 27, 2026.
Annika Hammerschlag / AP Fall colors along a hiking path in the Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest, near Mazama, Washington, on October 8, 2026 Thomas Warnack / DPA / Getty Spiderwebs in a meadow glisten in the early-morning light, in Uttenweiler, Germany, on September 26, 2026.
Anna Moneymaker / Getty A person fishes at the base of Ithaca Falls in Ithaca, New York, on October 12, 2026.
Gerd Harder / DPA / Reuters A red squirrel peeks out from behind a mossy tree trunk, somewhere in Germany, on October 8, 2026.
Markus Schreiber / AP 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.
Fabrice Coffrini / AFP / Getty 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.
Benjamin Fanjoy / Getty 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.
Larry Clouse / CSM / ZUMA Press Wire / Reuters 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.
Peter Byrne / PA Images / Getty The 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 / Getty Benjamin Bojadzija looks for the perfect pumpkin at Engelke Farm in Troy, New York, on October 7, 2026.
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