Autumn foliage offers bursts of color in Europe parks

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Three year-old Annie Wood rides her scooter in front of changing autumn leaves in Sheffield Park Gardens near Haywards Heath in southern England on Oct. 17.

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A swan lands on a lake on Oct. 17, in Berlin.

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A young deer hides amongst the autumnal bracken at the National Trust's Dunham Massey park on Oct. 17, in Knutsford, England.

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A leaf from an Acer tree turns a warm autumnal red at The National Trust's Tatton Park on Oct. 17, in Knutsford, England.

Leaves turn and crops are harvested as fall enters full swing.

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It is absolutely gorgeous.I love my state of California but we do not have the four seasons.It's supposed to fall but we are in the high 80's and low 90's.

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