In recent weeks, people around the world have been celebrating the season of Halloween—dressing up, taking part in parades and festivals, hosting parties, and tiptoeing through haunted houses. Collected below are photos that capture some scary (and fun) pre-Halloween festivities in England, Lithuania, Turkey, China, Ireland, Canada, the United States, and elsewhere.
This photo essay originally misidentified the location of the house in Photo 17.
Members of the street-performance troupe Macnas perform "Cnamha La Loba," their Halloween parade inspired by the legend of a wild wolf-woman who collects and preserves the bones of animals, humans, and gods, in Galway, Ireland, on October 29, 2023. #
Dogs dressed in Halloween costumes are seen at the Bentway Howl'oween festival in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on October 28, 2023. #
Illuminated hand-carved pumpkins at the Halloween event Pumpkins After Dark in Milton, Ontario, Canada, on October 26, 2023 #
A mother and a son in costume attend a Halloween celebration at Taipei Children's Amusement Park in Taipei, Taiwan, on October 29, 2023. #
Carved pumpkins are displayed during The Great Jack O'Lantern Blaze in Croton-on-Hudson, New York, on October 25, 2023. #
Smoke emanates from a carved pumpkin at Pumpkins After Dark in Milton, Ontario, on October 26, 2023. #
Halloween decorations outside a house in Toronto, Ontario, on October 13, 2023 #
A spooky Halloween decoration sits outside a house in Toronto, Ontario, on October 13, 2023. #
An inflatable Halloween monster created by artist duo Filthy Luker and Pedro Estrellas decorates the frontage of a building in Manchester, England, on October 30, 2023. #
Dozens of people wearing witch costumes stand up on paddle boards to take part in a Halloween float in Spring Lake, New Jersey, on October 14, 2023. #
Ghouls and goblins line a roof in the Hancock Park neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, on October 27, 2023. #
People in makeup and costumes take part in a Halloween-themed event in Ankara, Turkey, on October 29, 2023. #
Costumed revelers enjoy the Witches' Ball ahead of Halloween in Salem, Massachusetts, on October 27, 2023. #
Nela the snow leopard views pumpkins in her enclosure in the Five Sisters Zoo, in West Calder, Scotland, on October 30, 2023. #
Members of the performance troupe Macnas perform their "Cnamha La Loba" Halloween parade in Galway, Ireland, on October 29, 2023. #
Carved pumpkins are displayed during The Great Jack O'Lantern Blaze in Croton-on-Hudson, New York, on October 25, 2023. #
A Halloween house awaits guests with spooky decorations in Prospect Park South, Brooklyn, New York, on October 16, 2023. #
Revelers wearing costumes pose for a photograph in the Shinjuku Ni-chome district in Tokyo, Japan, on October 28, 2023. #
Members of performance troupe Macnas guide a large puppet past onlookers during their "Cnamha La Loba" Halloween parade in Galway, Ireland, on October 29, 2023. #
People in Hong Kong shop in a market selling Halloween accessories on October 28, 2023. #
A frightening Halloween decoration stands outside a house in Toronto, Ontario, on October 13, 2023. #
Children walk through the Halloween park during a Halloween event in Vilnius, Lithuania, on October 30, 2023. #
Spooky statues stand in a park during a Halloween celebration in Vilnius, Lithuania, on October 30, 2023. #
A costumed reveler walks in Found 158, an area of bars, clubs, and restaurants, ahead of Halloween in the district of Huangpu, in Shanghai, on October 27, 2023. #
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