As the costumes are put away, the decorations taken down, and candy wrappers gathered from every corner of the house, I thought it would be fun to take one last look at this year’s fun and creepy Halloween celebrations, with photographs from Canada, Turkey, the United States, China, Japan, Chile, England, Poland, and more. It’s only a matter of days before Christmas music will start to fill every public space.
Scenes From Halloween 2018
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Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is met by people wearing masks of the Muppets characters Statler and Waldorf during a caucus meeting on Halloween in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. #
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Jaclyn Swyt (left), dressed as Pikachu, and Lynn McKinney (right), dressed as a sumo wrestler, walk their children home from the school bus on Halloween in Nashville, Tennessee. #
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Customers unhurriedly choose pumpkins on Halloween at a pumpkin farm in Wilanów, Poland, near Warsaw. Halloween is becoming more popular among the young people in the predominantly Catholic nation. #
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Zombie sisters maneuver their way down Santa Monica Bolevard in West Hollywood, California, during the West Hollywood Carnaval and Halloween Parade on October 31, 2018. #
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Logan Campbell, dressed as a Star Wars stormtrooper, takes part in an underwater Halloween costume competition as he dives in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary off of Key Largo, Florida, on October 31, 2018. #
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Children dressed in their colorful costumes play as they take a break from trick-or-treating in the suburban Makati, Philippines, east of Manila, on October 31, 2018. #
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After the party: Volunteers in costume pick up garbage in Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan, on November 1, 2018. Volunteers cleaned up the streets where locals and foreign visitors had gathered for what has become Tokyo's biggest unofficial Halloween event in recent years. #
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