Globe staff photos of the month, October 2018

Here’s a look at some of the best images taken by Globe photographers last month: fall colors, Halloween, the Milken Educator Award winner, Harvard University lawsuit, and a World Series victory.
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Fall colors were in full bloom up north in Lancaster, N.H. (David L. Ryan/Globe Staff)
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Lauren Gorney of Wilkes-Barre, Pa., battled wind and rain brought by a nor’easter while on her way to the New England Aquarium in Boston on Oct. 27. (Craig F. Walker/Globe Staff)
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A colorful leaf stuck in the handle of a gate at Harvard University. (David L. Ryan/Globe Staff)
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Sugar maple trees in all their autumn glory surrounded a woman and her dog walking along a dirt road beneath them on Brookwood Community Farm in Carver. (John Tlumacki/Globe Staff)
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From Sept. 15 until Nov. 15, the A.D. Makepeace Company harvests cranberries at their 1,700 acres of bogs throughout the South Shore. (John Tlumacki/Globe Staff)
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Ayla San, 6, waited to see if other trick-or-treaters would come out in South Lawrence on Oct. 28 to celebrate Halloween a few days early due to the ongoing Gas Disaster recovery. (Jessica Rinaldi/Globe Staff)
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Heidi Schork, Director of the Mayor’s Mural Crew, smelled the fragrant marigolds in a greenhouse in Franklin Park Yard. The city was growing marigolds for the Day of the Dead event in Copley Square on Oct. 30. (Suzanne Kreiter/Globe Staff)
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Oly Figueroa kissed one of her nephews as she and her friends Carmen Gonzalez and Chantel Gonzalez hung out together in their car in Lawrence. (Jessica Rinaldi/Globe Staff)
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Family, friends, and members of the Outer Cape Ocean Community joined together in Wellfleet to remember Arthur Gava Medici on Oct. 20. He was killed in a shark attack in September. (Craig F. Walker/Globe Staff)
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Visitors took part in “Cosmic Meditation” in the Immersive Dome during HUBweek at City Hall Plaza. (Craig F. Walker/Globe Staff)
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Librarian Jennifer Gordon wasshocked to learn she received a Milken Educator Award during a surprise ceremony at the Benjamin Banneker Charter Public School in Cambridge. (Suzanne Kreiter/Globe Staff)
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Student Antione Gray sang with fellow students in the Boston Arts Academy Spirituals Ensemble during a ground-breaking ceremony for the school’s new building that was attended by Mayor Martin J. Walsh and others. (David L. Ryan/Globe Staff)
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Protestors yelled at each other during a rally on Oct. 14 in Copley Square about a lawsuit against Harvard University. (Jessica Rinaldi/Globe Staff)
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Firefighters battled a five-alarm fire at the First Baptist Church in Wakefield on Oct. 23. (Michael Swensen for The Boston Globe)
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Navy veteran Norman Franks sat on the sofa in his living room while moving into his new apartment in Acton. Franks had lived in a tent at Hanscom Air Force Base since June. (Craig F. Walker/Globe Staff)
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Artist Luigi Toscano and his crew set up big photographic portraits of Holocaust survivors in the Boston Common on Oct. 15. (Suzanne Kreiter/Globe Staff)
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Student marshal Isi Ehikhamhen stood at attention inside the Tremont Temple during a ceremony to inaugurate Marisa Kelly as the 11th president of Suffolk University on Oct. 12. (John Tlumacki/Globe Staff)
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Kiah Morris formally resigned her seat in the Vermont House due to ongoing racial harassment and family issues. (Jonathan Wiggs/Globe Staff)
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Xiao Ying Zhou, center, was sentenced to 5-6 years in prison on Oct. 11 for the hit-and-run dragging of Yue Yin Gong in Chinatown in 2016. (Pat Greenhouse/Globe Staff)
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Members of Ballet Folklorico Guadalupano waited for the start of the Columbus Day Parade on Oct. 7. (Jessica Rinaldi/Globe Staff)
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Dylan Kairit, a freshman at Eastern Nazarene College, took advantage of the warm weather to practice Parkour on Wollaston Beach in Quincy on Oct. 9. (Jessica Rinaldi/Globe Staff)
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Katie Przystup of Medford held her son, Alex, 2, as they walk through the “Fog x Hill,” installation by Fujiko Nakaya at the Arnold Arboretum on Oct. 8. (Jessica Rinaldi/Globe Staff)
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Mushrooms spotted in Olmsted Park in Jamaica Plain. (Lane Turner/Globe Staff)
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Melissa Mueller-Douglas danced at a Pepperlane conference held at Vistaprint in Waltham on Oct. 2. (Jonathan Wiggs/Globe Staff)
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Althea Buckley and her dog, Benjy, came to lay flowers for her departed dog Priscilla at the MSPCA Nevins Farm Hillside Acre Animal Cemetery on Oct. 4. (Jessica Rinaldi/Globe Staff)
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An opossum became stuck on top of a fence in Broadway in Lawrence and animal control officer Ellen Bistany came to the rescue on Oct. 3. (Suzanne Kreiter/Globe Staff)
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People cheered as City Councilor Ayanna Pressley spoke during a rally held in opposition of Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination to the supreme court on Oct. 1. (Jessica Rinaldi/Globe Staff)
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A ferry arrived on Nantucket on Oct. 2. (Craig F. Walker/Globe Staff)
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Celtics guard Jaylen Brown drove to the basket against the Cavaliers during Boston’s 102-95 preseason loss to Cleveland at TD Garden on Oct. 2. (Matthew J. Lee/Globe Staff)
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Patriots quarterback Tom Brady jumped over the line for a touchdown in the second quarter of New England’s 38-24 win over the Indianapolis Colts at Gillette Stadium on Oct. 4. (Jim Davis/Globe Staff)
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Bears running back Tarik Cohen dove for a touchdown during the third quarter of the Patriots’ 38-31 win at Soldier Field in Chicago. (Barry Chin/Globe Staff)
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Patriots linebacker Kyle Van Noy (53) celebrated his return of a blocked punt for a touchdown during the third quarter of New England’s win over Chicago. (Barry Chin/Globe Staff)
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Bruins goalie Jaroslav Halak got his glove on the puck on a close shot by Oilers Zack Kassian in the second period of Boston’s 4-1 win over Edmonton on Oct. 11 at TD Garden. (John Tlumacki/Globe Staff)
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Red Sox outfielder Andrew Benintendi lept and made a catch to rob Dodgers infielder Brian Dozier of a hit in the top of the fourth inning of Game Two of the World Series at Fenway Park. (Jim Davis/Globe Staff)
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Red Sox outfielder Mookie Betts hit a single in the first inning of Game One of the World Series at Fenway Park. (John Tlumacki/Globe Staff)
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A rainbow appeared over Fenway Park before both Games One and Two of the World Series. This rainbow, before Game Two, set the stage for the Red Sox to take a 2-0 lead in the series. (Jim Davis/Globe Staff)
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Red Sox infielder Eduardo Nunez raised his finger in celebration as he rounded first base following a pinch-hit home run in Game One of the World Series at Fenway Park. (Jim Davis/Globe Staff)
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David Price, Christian Vazquez, and Chris Sale celebrated on the mound after the Red Sox won the franchise’s ninth World Series title. (Stan Grossfeld/Globe Staff)
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The Red Sox soaked each other and the World Series trophy with champagne after winning Game Five of the series. (Stan Grossfeld/ Globe Staff)
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Liam Ferguson, 9, of North Attleboro, screamed for his favorite players in Copley Square along the victory parade route for the 2018 World Series champion Boston Red Sox. (Lane Turner/Globe Staff)
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