Photos: The Colors of Fall TK
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Misty mornings, migrating birds, pumpkin patches, and colorful leaves—see some cozy early-autumn images from across the northern hemisphere.

A motorcyclist rides on a two-lane highway past trees with fall colors.Charles Krupa / APA motorcyclist rolls past trees whose leaves are changing color with the advance of autumn, on September 24, 2025, in New London, New Hampshire.A stag stands in silhouette in a park.Michael Probst / APA stag is silhouetted as he stands in a forest of the Taunus region in Frankfurt, Germany, on October 1, 2025.A combine harvester rules across a soybean field under low sunlight.Michael Conroy / APSoybeans are harvested on the Warpup Farm in Warren, Indiana, on September 17, 2025.A small mouse, seen through blades of grassSilas Stein / DPA / GettyA wood mouse, seen in a meadow near a lake in Rottweil, Germany, on September 27, 2025.A close view of red autumn-colored leaves.Hendrik Schmidt / DPA / GettyLeaves glow, backlit by the autumn sun on September 23, 2025, in Zwickau, Germany.A man pushes a wheelbarrow through a pumpkin patch, carrying two small boys and several pumpkins.Danny Lawson / PA Images / GettyFarmer Tom Spilman, along with his sons Freddie (left) and Olek (right), harvests some of the 150,000 pumpkins at Spilman’s Pumpkin Farm in Sessay, near Thirsk, North Yorkshire, ahead of the opening of Pumpkin Fest 2025 on September 24, 2025.Four mallard ducks, in flightSilas Stein / DPA / GettyMallards fly over a lake on September 27, 2025, near Rottweil, Germany.A moose grazes in a frost-covered field.RJ Sangosti / MediaNews Group / The Denver Post / GettyA moose grazes in a frost-covered field as fall colors begin to emerge on Kenosha Pass, in Colorado, on September 17, 2025.The northern lights form a shimmering green ribbon in the sky above autumn-colored trees.Hasan Akbas / Anadolu / GettyNorthern lights appear in the sky over autumn trees in Anchorage, Alaska, on September 29, 2025.An aerial view of a corn maze with shapes representing a tractor a farmer, and the sun.Godofredo A. Vásquez / APThe corn maze at Cool Patch Pumpkins, photographed on September 29, 2025, in Dixon, California.A heron takes flight during a misty sunrise.Toby Melville / ReutersA heron takes flight during a misty early-autumn sunrise, in Richmond Park, London, England, on September 23, 2025.Water droplets hang from flowers.Thomas Warnack / DPA / GettyDroplets hang from a flowering borage in Dürmentingen, Germany, on September 28, 2025.A bear sits, mostly-submerged in a river, as a salmon leaps out of the water nearby.Wolfgang Kaehler / LightRocket / GettyA brown bear hunts for salmon in the river estuary in Windy Bay, Great Bear Rainforest, British Columbia, Canada, on September 8, 2025.A large pile of many gourds and pumpkins.Michael Probst / APAll kinds of pumpkins are displayed at a farm in Büttelborn, near Frankfurt, Germany, on September 23, 2025.A close view of a bird with a long thin beak and long thin legs.Alper Tuydes / Anadolu / GettyA view of a black-winged stilt, a wetland species, during migration to its wintering areas with the arrival of autumn in Bursa, Turkey, on August 22, 2025A forklift is used to dump apples from a crate into a large bin full of apples.Jan Woitas / DPA / GettyApples are poured out of a crate at the Mehlhorn winery in Langenbernsdorf, Germany, on September 22, 2025, following an abundant apple harvest.An aerial view of a mist-covered mountain showing autumn colors in the tree leavesBei He / Xinhua / GettyAn aerial photo taken on September 29, 2025, shows the autumn scenery of the Arxan National Forest Park, in China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region.Many clusters of grapes, and one ladybugJennifer Brückner / DPA / GettyHarvested grapes for pinot blanc from the Kloster Pforta state winery lie in a vineyard for processing on September 29, 2025, in Naumburg, Germany.Dozens of geese fly in formation.Sergei Grits / APA flock of barnacle geese flies in the autumn sky over the village of Valkla, Estonia, on September 27, 2025.A stag raises its head up and roars, surrounded by foliage.Toby Melville / ReutersA stag roars as the annual rutting season begins, during a foggy autumn morning in Richmond Park, London, England, on September 29, 2025.

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