Gorgeous colors and spooky treats: the best fall photos for October 2026
Women from the MIT Rowing Club were up early before the sun came up to practice on the Charles River before the Head of the Charles on Oct. 15.David L. Ryan/Globe Staff
Chicago Bears cornerback Tyrique Stevenson tipped a ball intended for Patriots wide receiver A.J. Brown during the fourth quarter at Soldier Field on Oct. 22.Danielle Parhizkaran/Globe Staff
People were silhouetted as they write their answers on a large translucent sheet in the annual Making Strides Against Breast Cancer on Oct 3. John Tlumacki/Globe Staff
The largest of all pumpkins dropped as hundreds of Boston University students and onlookers watched the annual BU Pumpkin Drop from the roof of Boston University’s College of Art’s & Sciences building on Commonwealth Ave. on Oct. 30.John Tlumacki/Globe Staff
At Mass General Brigham for Children, nine-year-old patient Mia Neal, pets Kayce, the hospital’s facility dog at a Halloween party that was thrown for patients and their families on Oct 31. Suzanne Kreiter/Globe Staff
The sugar maple trees were bursting with autumnal colors, as a man walked along the leaf covered dirt road they line at Brookwood Farm in Canton, on Oct. 20.John Tlumacki/Globe Staff
In the the John V. Morse suite at the Lizzie Borden House, a dummy of Borden’s stepmother, Abby Borden, was placed planted face-down next to the bed, in the same spot where her real-life counterpart expired. The view of the dummy from under the other side of the bed in Fall River on Oct. 7.Meleck Eldahshoury for The Boston Globe
A woman walked by a window as an apparition passed by on the sidewalk across the way the weekend before Halloween in Salem on Oct. 25.
Jessica Rinaldi/Globe Staff
A dog ripped off Superman’s cape as dozens of costumed dogs participated in the annual Doggone Halloween Pet Parade in Downtown Crossing on Oct 24. as hundreds of people lined the parade route on Washington Street. John Tlumacki/Globe Staff
Jack Duffin, sales manager at the Conway Scenic Railroad, looked out at the passing fall foliage aboard the Mountaineer excursion through New Hampshire's White Mountains on Oct. 8. Duffin has been fascinated by trains since childhood and now works for the railroad that carries hundreds of visitors through the mountains during the fall foliage season. Erin Clark/Globe Staff
Boston International Boys goalkeeper Jeffrey Louis celebrated their 1-0 victory over Boston Latin Academy in the City League Finals in Boston on Oct. 31.
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Cranberries fell into a waiting tractor trailer truck after being siphoned from the cranberry bog below as workers at the A.D. Makepeace Company harvested cranberries on a massive 30 acre bog called Big North Bog in Carver on Oct. 7.John Tlumacki/Globe Staff
People viewed the “Bostonhenge” sunset from a pedestrian bridge over Stuart street on Oct. 27 in Boston.
Danielle Parhizkaran/Globe Staff
Patriots quarterback Drake Maye's 26 yard run is stopped by Buffalo Bills cornerback Dee Alford and safty Cole Bishop during second quarter NFL action at Highmark Stadium on Oct. 4.Matthew J. Lee/Globe Staff
Mahoosuc Notch presented hiker Julius Pearson with precarious patches of boulders to climb through on Sept. 29., which is said to be the toughest mile of the 2,197.9 mile long Appalachian Trail in Maine.Jessica Rinaldi/Globe Staff
Boston Legacy FC forward Sammy Smith (left) and Racing Louisville FC midfielder Lauren Milliet battled for a header during the first half of the final home game of the regular season on Oct. 16 at Gillette Stadium.Barry Chin/Globe Staff
Levi Johnson-Griswell got crucial care at Boston Children's Hospital, and he and his parents had to stay in the city for months. He is examined by his doctor at the Boston Children's Cerebral Palsy and Spasticity Center in Lexington during a trip from North Carolina on Oct. 20 for a checkup.
Suzanne Kreiter/Globe Staff
Upstream rowers made their way towards the starting line during day 3 of the Head of the Charles Regatta in Cambridge on Oct. 18.
Jessica Rinaldi/Globe Staff
Boston College Eagles defensive back Charlie Comella made the play of the game with this interception lat in the fourth quarter that sealed BC’s win over the Pittsburgh Panthers on Oct. 17 in Chestnut Hill. Barry Chin/Globe Staff
A team of geese fly over Boston on Oct. 21. Geese fly in a V-formation for long distance to conserve energy and therefor increase distance. Craig F. Walker/Globe Staff
A turkey pecks away at its reflection in a car. Biologists say the bird doesn't realize its a reflection and thinks it's a rival bird.Stan Grossfeld