Not-Yet-Fallen Leaves

To paraphrase Ungaretti, “Here like bikes / on autumn trees”.

Spot the difference

Urban management officers transport a bicycle next to piled-up bicycles belonging to bike-sharing services in 合肥 (Héféi), 安徽省 (Ānhuī province), China. Photo: Reuters/Stringer.

印象派 (Impressionism)

南宁 (Nánníng), China: An aerial view of thousands of bikes that were part of bike-sharing schemes but which had been impounded by authorities for being illegally parked or blocking footpaths. Photo: VCG via Getty Images.

印象派 (Impressionism)

A mountain of impounded shared bikes can be seen at a parking lot in 南京 (Nánjīng), east China’s 江苏省 (Jiāngsū province). Although the bike-sharing services are booming nationwide in China, it’s challenging to manage bike-sharing and arrange orderly parking, and some bike-sharing companies have gone bankrupt after months of problems. Photo: 方東旭 (Fāng Dōngxù)/Photoshot/Avalon.

摩拜单车 (Mobike)

Share bicycles stacked upon bicycles in 上海 (Shànghǎi), China. Photo: 七濑神 (Qīlài Shén)/Bloomberg.

More Than, Less Than

A Chinese man sorts abandoned share bicycles stored at a temporary parking lot in 上海 (Shànghǎi), China. The bike-sharing industry has known a boom with Chinese city-dwellers, but has grown so much that 上海 (Shànghǎi)’s authorities last week had to prohibit any further deployment of bikes in the city in order to prevent sidewalk clutter. Photo: Chandan Khanna/Getty Images.

公共自行車 (Bicycle Sharing)

Share bikes dumped in huge piles near the entrance of 霞山公园 (Xiáshān Park) in 深圳 (Shēnzhèn), China. Photo: Imaginechina/Rex/Shutterstock.

單車失竊記 (Bicycle Thieves)

上海 (Shànghǎi), China: An aerial view of about 4,000 confiscated shared bicycles, seized because they had been parked in violation of traffic regulations. Photo: VCG via Getty Images.

Mountain Biking

New York, United States: People in Halloween costumes ride bicycles during Bike Kill 13 in Brooklyn. Bike Kill is an annual gathering of builders and riders of home-made bicycles that culminates in a tall bike jousting competition. Photo: Stephanie Keith/Reuters.