In pictures: Halloween around the world

23 photos of how people celebrated Halloween around the world
Multimedia Desk | October 31, 2016

A member of the Exit Point amateur rope-jumping group wearing a Halloween mask jumps from a 44-metre-high (144-ft) water pipe bridge to mark the end of the group's jumping season and recent Halloween festivities, in the Siberian Taiga area outside Krasnoyarsk, Russia. PHOTO: REUTERS

Halloween this year saw fake presidential candidates, fluffy animals and blood-splattered zombies cut loose on the streets. One of the oldest holidays, Halloween is still celebrated around the globe today. The popular holiday, which is the highest grossing holiday after Christmas, involves costume parties, trick-or-treating, pranks and games.

After a weekend of Halloween revelry, we look at how it was celebrated around the world.

A woman wearing a Hillary Clinton mask carries a Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump doll during a Halloween parade in Long Beach, California. PHOTO: AFP


A member of the Exit Point amateur rope-jumping group wearing a Halloween mask jumps from a 44-metre-high (144-ft) water pipe bridge to mark the end of the group's jumping season and recent Halloween festivities, in the Siberian Taiga area outside Krasnoyarsk, Russia. PHOTO: REUTERS


Participant poses in a Halloween parade in Kawasaki, south of Tokyo. PHOTO: REUTERS


Participants take part in a Zombie Walk parade during Halloween celebrations in Kiev, Ukraine. PHOTO: REUTERS


A participant wearing costume symbolising Samsung Galaxy Note 7 walks among pedestrians after a Halloween parade in Kawasaki, south of Tokyo, Japan. PHOTO: REUTERS


Participants take part in a Trick or Treat halloween fun run in Richmond Park, London, Britain. PHOTO: REUTERS


Zombies clamor for wig mannequins during the annual Silver Spring Zombie Walk before Halloween in Silver Spring, Maryland, US. PHOTO: REUTERS


A member of street performance troupe Macnas participates in their 30th anniversary during the Halloween parade called Savage Grace in Galway, Ireland. PHOTO: AFP


Members of street performance troupe Macnas participate in their 30th anniversary during the Halloween parade called Savage Grace in Galway, Ireland. PHOTO: AFP


Iraqi Kurds pose with their make up as they prepare for Halloween in Arbil, the capital of the autonomous Kurdish region of northern Iraq. PHOTO: AFP



Japanese men wearing costumes, walk in a street during a Halloween parade in Tokyo. PHOTO: AFP


People gather along M Street NW in Georgetown for Halloween celebrations in Washington. PHOTO: AFP


Husband and wife Erik and April Torregroza catch a wave at Blackie's 10th annual Halloween Surf contest in Newport Beach, California. PHOTO: AFP


A tattoo artist works on a tattoo on a woman's arm during the second edition of the Halloween Tattoo Convention in Givors, east-central France. Around 50 tattoo artists from France took part in the two-day event, that offered shows, concerts and exhibitions ahead of Halloween. PHOTO: AFP


Participants dressed as clowns take part in a "Moto-Halloween party" along the streets in Cali. PHOTO: AFP


Che Shayne, dressed as a Robot, carries her surfboard to catch a wave during Blackie's 10th annual Halloween Surf contest in Newport Beach. PHOTO: AFP


A couple drive a motorcycle decorated as an ambulance during a "Moto-Halloween party" along the streets in Cali. PHOTO: AFP


Wearing costumes, participants join the Kawasaki Halloween parade in Kawasaki on October 30. PHOTO: AFP


This photo taken October 29, 2016 shows a Japanese woman in a costume checking her smart phone as she carries her daughter during a Halloween parade in Tokyo. PHOTO: AFP


Dogs dressed in Halloween costumes are displayed during the annual Haute Dog Howl'oween parade in Long Beach, California. PHOTO: AFP


This photo shows people in costumes gesturing as they take part in a Halloween parade in Tokyo. PHOTO: AFP


Japanese people in costumes gesturing as they take part in a Halloween parade in Tokyo. Tokyo nursed a giant pumpkin-sized hangover on October 31 after a weekend of Halloween revelry which saw blood-spattered ghouls, fluffy animals and 'terrifying' presidential candidates cut loose. PHOTO: AFP
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