The last of the summer roses are dusted with a coating of frost as the first freezing temperatures descend on Britain, on November 7, 2011 in Knutsford, England. The roses are the last blooms to survive the Summer at Curbishleys specialist rose nursery in Cheshire. #

A Red Deer stag stands in the early morning mist in Richmond Park, on October 15, 2011, in London, England. Autumn sees the start of the rutting season where the large Red Deer stags can be heard roaring and barking in an attempt to attract females. The larger males can also be seen clashing antlers with rival males. #

A man takes a photograph of trees in Batsford Arboretum in the Cotswolds on October 28, 2011, near Moreton-In-Marsh, England. The arboretum is one of the UK's most visited and experiences one of its busiest times during the Autumn months as visitors flock to see the variety of colours displayed in the arboretum's tree collection. #

Migrating Common Cranes fly to their night roost at sunset near the village of Linum, 50 km north of Berlin, Germany, on October 17, 2011. The marshes and lakes in the state of Brandenburg attract tens of thousands of cranes during their autumn migration from their breeding grounds in Russia and Scandinavia to their wintering areas in southwestern Europe. Up to 60,000 birds gather during the peak of migration turning the area into the biggest migration stopover in northern Europe. #

A woman looks at her mobile phone during a Halloween party at Mao Livehouse club in Shanghai, China, on October 31, 2011. While China has a rich tradition of ghosts and ghouls of its own, Halloween is a non-event for most Chinese, who hold their own commemoration for the dead during the Qingming festival or Tomb-Sweeping Day, usually marked in April. #

One-year-old bumblebee Ivy Thompson stays on her feet with the help of her father after slipping on a piece of melting snow. She joins other children in trick-or-treating in the snow in downtown Staunton, Virginia, on October 29, 2011. An unseasonable winter storm brought snow to eastern United States a few days before Halloween. #

The Forbidden City amid heavy haze and fog in central Beijing, on October 30, 2011. Heavy fog enveloped several northern and eastern Chinese regions on Sunday, with expressways closed and over 110 flights delayed or canceled in Beijing, Xinhua News Agency reported. #

A woman dressed as traditional Mexican "Catrina" walks through downtown for the Day of the Dead celebrations in Mexico City, on October 30, 2011. Mexicans celebrate the Day of the Dead to honor deceased loved ones, a tradition that coincides with All Saints Day and All Souls Day on November 1 and 2. #

People sit around a grave at a cemetery on the outskirts of Mexico City, on November 1, 2011. Mexicans celebrate the Day of the Dead and pay homage to their dead relatives by preparing meals and decorating their graves. #

A view of a pumpkin patch covered in snow in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, on October 30, 2011. A rare October snowstorm barreled up the U.S. East Coast earlier, cutting power to more than two million households, forcing cancellation of scores of airline flights and causing at least three deaths. #

Migrating Common Cranes fly to their night roost at sunset near the village of Linum, Germany, on October 17, 2011. Up to 60,000 birds gather during the peak of migration turning the area into the biggest migration stopover in northern Europe. #

Silas, a German shorthaired pointer owned by Heidi Wormser of Chagrin Falls, Ohio, sits on the couch near the front window of his home, decorated for Halloween, on Saturday, October 29, 2011. #

Joseph Broy, 11, left, and his baby brother Owen pose for their own American Gothic portrait at the Agricenter's Corn Maze in Memphis, Tennessee, on October 30, 2011. #

Jonna Baquillas (right) holds her pet, a rescued cat named Rue, dressed as Little Red Riding Hood during the Philippine Animal Welfare Society's (PAWS) annual Halloween fundraising event entitled "Scaredy Cats and Dogs: Year 8" at the Eastwood Central Plaza in Manila, Philippines, on October 23, 2011. #

A yellow leaf of young maple sprout shivering with cold autumn's wind inside a pinewood outside Peremilovo village, near the small Russian town of Dmitrov, 75 kilometers (47 miles) north of Moscow, on October 16, 2011. #

Leaves display their autumn colors in Westonbirt Arboretum in the Cotswolds near Tetbury, on October 26, 2011, in Westonbirt, England. The National Arboretum experiences one of its busiest times during the Autumn months as visitors flock to see the variety of colours displayed in the arboretum's tree collection. #

A farmer in his tractor makes his way past a field which is covered in fog near the small Bavarian village of Germering, Germany, during a foggy morning on October 21, 2011. #

Shrine Parishioners bump their portable shrines during Nada No Kenka Matsuri, or Nada Fight Festival at Matsubara Hachiman Shrine, on October 16, 2011, in Himeji, Hyogo, Japan. The fight, the highlight of the shrine's Autumn Harvest Festival, attracted some 100,000 people. #

A dog dressed as a dinosaur during the 21st Annual Tompkins Square Halloween Dog Parade in New York, on October 22, 2011. The parade of masquerading dogs is the largest Halloween Dog Parade in the U.S. #

An early morning view of the upper slopes of Leckhampton Hill in the Cotswolds on October 25, 2011, in Cheltenham, England. The hill, which lies to the south of Cheltenham within the Cotswolds Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, forms part of the Cotswold escarpment site and his home to an abundance of wildlife. #

A lone autumn leaf begins its journey downward, floating through a sea of twilight blue sky to a colorful gathering on the ground below in Walla Walla, Washington, on October 27, 2011. #