Two Adirondack chairs sit vacant on a dock along the misty shore of the Androscoggin River in Turner, Maine, Oct. 3, 2012, as the fall foliage nears peak color.
A man dressed as a polar bear speaks with another man during the autumn agriculture market in Minsk, Sept. 22, 2012.
Two swans swim on the river Spree in Berlin's Alt-Stralau district, Oct. 2, 2012.
Tourists gather on the Great Wall outside Beijing, Oct. 3, 2012. Major tourist destinations around China are witnessed travel peaks amid the eight-day Mid-autumn Festival and National Day holidays, Xinhua News Agency reported.
A couple lights up a lantern during the Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival, Hong Kong, Oct. 1, 2012.
A calf and cow wait in a pasture, Sept. 29, 2012 before joining the Desalpe near Charmey.
People take shelter from the rain at a bus stop in Duesseldorf, western Germany, Sept. 24, 2012. Autumn brought rain and sinking temperatures to the region.
The Krasnoyarsk hydro electric power station and dam is surrounded with colourful autumn foliage of the Siberian taiga, some 45 km (28 miles) south of the city of Krasnoyarsk, Sept. 22, 2012. The dam and power station on the Yenisei River, one of the world's largest hydro electric projects, was completed in 1972
Ears of field corn lay in piles along a roadside during the autumn corn harvest on a farm on the edge of Kaesong, North Korea. It has been a tough year for North Korea's farmers, who grappled with an extended dry spell in the spring, followed by heavy rains from a series of summer storms and typhoon. The U.N. is launching a field mission across North Korea to gauge the state of the food situation.
Weightlifter Jonathan Walker, from Harrogate, poses as he lifts a marrow weighing 119 lbs 12 ounces, which won the Giant Marrow Class in the Harrogate Autumn Flower Show, Sept. 14, 2012 in Harrogate, England. The giant marrow was grown by Peter Glazebrook, from Newark, who won all six classes in the giant vegetable competition during the show at The Great Yorkshire Showground.
