Riot of colour

Riot of colour

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Call it autumn or fall, the change of season is in full swing in the northern hemisphere. This woman stands in a field of fireweed, or Kochia scoparia, on a sunny autumn day at the Hitachinaka Seaside Park north of Tokyo.

In the “season of mists and mellow fruitfulness”, as the Romantic poet John Keats has it, days get shorter and temperatures dip. But pockets of mild weather aren’t so rare – what better excuse to get out there and savour the riot of colour.

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A group rows in a boat inside Central Park as the colours of autumn become more prevalent in New York.
. New York, United States. Reuters/Lucas Jackson

A group rows in a boat inside Central Park as the colours of autumn become more prevalent in New York.

A woman pushes a baby stroller around Dream Lake amid autumn foliage in Amherst, New Hampshire.
. Amherst, UNITED STATES. Reuters/Brian Snyder

A woman pushes a baby stroller around Dream Lake amid autumn foliage in Amherst, New Hampshire.

An aerial view shows a deciduous forest on a sunny autumn day in Recklinghausen, Germany.
. Recklinghausen, Germany. Reuters/Ina Fassbender

An aerial view shows a deciduous forest on a sunny autumn day in Recklinghausen, Germany.

An aerial view shows a field with deciduous trees on a sunny autumn day in Recklinghausen, Germany.
. Recklinghausen, Germany. Reuters/Ina Fassbender

An aerial view shows a field with deciduous trees on a sunny autumn day in Recklinghausen, Germany.

Late autumn colours are seen at Rouffach in the Alsace region, Eastern France.
. Rouffach, France. Reuters/Jacky Naegelen

Late autumn colours are seen at Rouffach in the Alsace region, Eastern France.

The Bolenberg chapel sits on a rise overlooking vineyards in Orschwihr in the Alsace region of France.
. Orschwihr, France. Reuters/Jacky Naegelen

The Bolenberg chapel sits on a rise overlooking vineyards in Orschwihr in the Alsace region of France.

A view shows the sunset on late autumn colours in the forest of Soignes in Brussels.
. Brussels, Belgium. Reuters/Eric Vidal

A view shows the sunset on late autumn colours in the forest of Soignes in Brussels.

Leaves are covered by freshly fallen snow on an autumn morning at La Vue des Alpes near La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland.
. La Chaux-De-Fonds, Switzerland. Reuters/Denis Balibouse

Leaves are covered by freshly fallen snow on an autumn morning at La Vue des Alpes near La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland.

Autumn coloured leaves are pictured beside fog covering the lake of Brienz on a sunny day in the Berner Oberland in Giessbach.
. Giessbach, Switzerland. Reuters/Ruben Sprich

Autumn coloured leaves are pictured beside fog covering the lake of Brienz on a sunny day in the Berner Oberland in Giessbach.

Autumn coloured leaves are pictured on a sunny autumn day in the western Austrian village of Gnadenwald.
. Gnadenwald, AUSTRIA. Reuters/Dominic Ebenbichler

Autumn coloured leaves are pictured on a sunny autumn day in the western Austrian village of Gnadenwald.

Fog begins to clear on the A477 near LLanddowror, Wales.
. Llanddowror, United Kingdom. Reuters/Rebecca Naden

Fog begins to clear on the A477 near LLanddowror, Wales.

A visitor photographs autumn colours and foliage at Westonbirt Arboretum near Tetbury in southwest England.
. Tetbury, United Kingdom. Reuters/Toby Melville

A visitor photographs autumn colours and foliage at Westonbirt Arboretum near Tetbury in southwest England.

A deer rests by a river in Bradgate Park in Newtown Linford, central England.
. Newtown Linford, United Kingdom. Reuters/Darren Staples

A deer rests by a river in Bradgate Park in Newtown Linford, central England.

An elk runs in a field during a frosty autumn morning near the village of Astanovka, north of Minsk.
. Astanovka, BELARUS. Reuters/Vasily Fedosenko

An elk runs in a field during a frosty autumn morning near the village of Astanovka, north of Minsk.

Raindrops are seen on leaves in autumn colors in Almaty, Kazakhstan.
. Almaty, KAZAKHSTAN. Reuters/Shamil Zhumatov

Raindrops are seen on leaves in autumn colors in Almaty, Kazakhstan.