Autumn colours around the world – in pictures

A woman cycles in the early morning autumn sunshine in Richmond Park, south-west London Photograph: Luke Macgregor/Reuters

A robin shelters in an Acer japonicum tree, which is turning red and dropping its autumn leaves in Belstone, Dartmoor Photograph: Ben Birchall/PA

A girl does a handstand under a yellowing tree in Hyde Park, central London Photograph: Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images

People walk among the autumn colours at Mount Adatara in Nihonmatsu in the Fukushima region of Japan Photograph: The Asahi Shimbun/The Asahi Shimbun via Getty Imag

A woman walks under trees in a park in Moscow, Russia Photograph: Yuri Kochetkov/EPA

A young deer hides in the autumnal bracken at the National Trust's Dunham Massey park in Greater Manchester Photograph: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images

Autumn leaves are reflected in a lake in Sheffield Park's gardens in East Sussex Photograph: Luke Macgregor/Reuters

A boy plays with leaves from an Acer tree that has turned red in Arley, Cheshire Photograph: Martin Rickett/PA

Autumn leaves in the trees in Vondelpark as commuters ride their bicycles to work in Amsterdam, the Netherlands Photograph: Peter Dejong/AP

Changing autumn leaves in Sheffield Park gardens, East Sussex Photograph: Luke Macgregor/Reuters

People run through vineyards in Bourdigny near Geneva, Switzerland Photograph: Salvatore Di Nolfi/EPA

Deer in front of the autumn leaves on display at Studley Royal Deer Park, Ripon Photograph: Anna Gowthorpe/PA

The autumn sun shines through leaves at the Westonbirt Arboretum, Gloucestershire Photograph: Toby Melville/Reuters

The sun sets over the Great Wall of China at Jinshanling, Hebei province Photograph: Mark Ralston/AFP/Getty Images

Visitors look at the changing autumn leaves at the Westonbirt Arboretum, Gloucestershire Photograph: Toby Melville/Reuters