On the eve of this year’s traditional All Hallows' Eve, a collection of spooky, scary, (and fun) images from recent haunted houses, zombie walks, Halloween parties, and more. Today’s photographs come to us from Chile, England, Japan, Sweden, Mexico, Ukraine, Bolivia, Singapore, and across the U.S.
'Twas the Night Before Halloween
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Participants dressed up as Dobby the house elf, from the Harry Potter book series, on the Halloween weekend in the Shibuya district of Tokyo, Japan, on October 28, 2017. #
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A pumpkin-crammed SUV in Maryland Heights, Missouri, photographed by the Maryland Heights Police Department on October 18, 2017. Police caught three teenagers with 48 stolen pumpkins and were asking residents of the St. Louis suburb to view a "pumpkin lineup" online to see if their Halloween squash was among those recovered. #
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A dog in costume attends the 27th Annual Tompkins Square Halloween Dog Parade in Tompkins Square Park in New York City on October 21, 2017. More than 500 animals wore costumes to what is known as one of the largest dog Halloween events in the U.S. #
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Actors perform in the Terror Behind the Walls haunted house in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on October 24, 2017. The haunted house covers 11 acres of the Eastern State Penitentiary, which operated from 1829 to 1971 and imprisoned famous criminals like Al Capone. In its 27th year, the Halloween fixture hires nearly 300 seasonal actors and staff for 32 nights of tours, with ticket sales generating 50 percent of the U.S. National Historic Landmarks Program's annual revenue. #
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Darth Vader peers into the camera as President Donald Trump gives out Halloween treats to children of members of the press and White House staff in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C., on October 27, 2017. #
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Visitors walk past illuminated pumpkins on display during the Great Jack O'Lantern Blaze at Van Cortlandt Manor in Croton-on-Hudson, New York, on October 14, 2017. The Great Jack O'Lantern Blaze runs for 45 evenings, including Halloween night, and features more than 7,000 hand-carved, illuminated pumpkins set against the mysterious backdrop of Van Cortlandt Manor's 18th-century buildings and riverside landscape. #
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A light display illuminates the ruins of the historic Whitby Abbey on October 24, 2017, in Whitby, England. The famous Benedictine abbey was the inspiration for Bram Stoker's gothic novel Dracula and will be illuminated during the English Heritage event over seven nights during Halloween and the Half Term period to celebrate that history. #
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A person dressed as a Catholic priest zombie participates in the annual Zombie Walk in La Paz, Bolivia, on October 28, 2017. This annual walk is a Halloween charity event to collect money to feed street animals, according to organizers. #
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This photo shows a Halloween display which appears to be a body trapped under a closed, blood-stained garage door in Greene County, Tennessee. The Green County Sheriff’s Department says it has been inundated with so many calls about the lifelike display that it posted a message on September 20, 2017, on the agency’s Facebook page to let people know that it is not real. #
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A U.S. soldier serving in a NATO-led peacekeeping mission in Kosovo adjusts the mask of a colleague as they take part in a Halloween party at the U.S. military camp Bondsteel in the village of Sojeve, near the town of Ferizaj, on October 29, 2017. #
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People dressed as monks during the Light the City Halloween bike ride in Sydney, Australia, on October 28, 2017. For one night only the City of Sydney created a 2.5-km loop for residents to cycle without cars on a road with a fairy-light canopy, rainbow paths, and the local fauna lit with colored lighting. #
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A participant dresses up as a character named "Movie Thief" in Tokyo's Shibuya district, on October 28, 2017. "Movie Thief" is a nickname given to a Japanese anti-movie-piracy mascot. #
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Original caption: "'Come on, take that mean ole thing away,' cries 6-month-old Billy Wright, as his brother's Halloween pumpkin leers over his shoulder." Photographed in Lincoln, Nebraska, on October 30, 1960. #
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