Images of people parading, trick-or-treating, partying, or getting scared silly in haunted houses, dressed in spooky or whimsical costumes—from the U.S., Ireland, Australia, Colombia, Iraq, China, Japan, England, Ukraine, Singapore, and more.
Photos of Halloween 2016
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A member of street performance troupe Macnas participates in their 30th anniversary during the Halloween parade called Savage Grace in Galway, Ireland, on October 30, 2016. #
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Visitors scream in terror during their visit to the Quinta Nova da Assuncao mansion, where Reflexo theatre company performs the show "Casa Assombrada" (haunted house) in Belas, near Sintra, Portugal, on April 14, 2016. #
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Wearing Pikotaro costumes, portraying the video performance of the amazing Pen-Pineapple-Apple-Pen song, participants join the Kawasaki Halloween parade in Kawasaki, Japan, on October 30, 2016. #
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A member of street performance troupe Macnas participates in their 30th anniversary during Halloween parade called Savage Grace in Galway, Ireland, on October 30, 2016. #
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A participant wearing an exploded Samsung Galaxy Note 7 costume walks among pedestrians after a Halloween parade in Kawasaki, south of Tokyo, Japan, on October 30, 2016. #
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Che Shayne, dressed as a Robot, carries her surfboard to catch a wave during Blackie's 10th annual Halloween Surf contest in Newport Beach, California, on October 29, 2016. #
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Oliver Quiros, 3, dressed as an astronaut, and his father Andre Quiros, 31, dressed as an alien, wade back into the ocean as they compete in the Haunted Heats Halloween Surf Contest in Santa Monica, California, on October 29, 2016. #
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A scare actor performs in the Old Changi Hospital haunted house during the Halloween Horror Nights 6 media preview at Universal Studios Singapore on September 26, 2016. #
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A boy dressed as a Republican U.S. presidential nominee Donald Trump marches in the annual Nyack Halloween Parade in the Village of Nyack, New York, on October 29, 2016. #
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Actor Richard Hollick poses for a picture as he prepares to play Dracula during a performance at the spectacular light display during illuminations at the historic Whitby Abbey on October 25, 2016 in Whitby, United Kingdom. The famous Benedictine abbey will be illuminated over four nights to coincide with Halloween and the popular Whitby Goth Weekend. The abbey was part of the inspiration for Bram Stoker's novel, Dracula, and sits on East cliff in the town in a commanding position overlooking the North Sea. #
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A performer in the Bodies of Work haunted house during the Halloween Horror Nights 6 media preview at Universal Studios Singapore on September 26, 2016 in Singapore. #
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A member of street performance troupe Macnas participates in their 30th anniversary during the Halloween parade called Savage Grace in Galway, Ireland, on October 30, 2016. #
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