#1 Click this link to see 2009 News Photos page --> 10/31/2008

Halloween, celebrated on Oct. 31st, is believed to have its origins in an ancient Celtic festivity which celebrated the end of the harvest season and marked the boundary between the alive and the deceased. Halloween is also the eve of All Saints Day, a Roman Catholic celebration.

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#2 Click this link to see News Photos page --> 10/31/2013 #3

Filipinos wearing zombie costumes act during a Halloween Parade in Marikina city, east of Manila, Philippines. Hundreds of residents and government employees joined the parade as the country prepares to observe All Saints Day on Nov. 1st.

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#3 Click this link to see News Photos page --> 11/01/2013 #4

A man carries an artwork of a skeleton in preparation for the Day of the Dead celebrations in Mexico City’s Zocalo square. Mexicans celebrate Day of the Dead to honor deceased loved ones, a tradition that coincides with All Saints Day and All Souls Day on Nov. 1st and Nov. 2nd.

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#4 Click this link to see News Photos page --> 11/03/2013 #5

In this Wednesday, Oct. 30th, 2013 photo, artists decorate a traditional Mexican “Catrina” as part of the Day of the Dead celebrations in Mexico City’s main plaza, the Zocalo. Mexico City is marking the 100th anniversary of the death of the artist who 1st drew the elegant skeleton lady known as the “Catrina”. The figure was 1st done as a satirical engraving by artist Jose Guadalupe Posada somewhere between 1910 and his death on Jan. 20th, 1913.

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#5 Click this link to see News Photos page --> 10/27/2014 #2

Models pose at a press reception ahead of the 15th annual Dia de los Muertos, or Day of the Dead, festival at Hollywood Forever Cemetery in Los Angeles. The Day of the Dead festival has its origins in a pre-Hispanic Aztec belief that the dead return to Earth one day each year to visit their loved ones. The festival is on Nov. 1st.

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#6 Click this link to see News Photos page --> 11/02/2015 #2

Candles are placed on tombs to mark All Saints’ Day at a cemetery in Vilnius, Lithuania on Nov. 1st.

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#7 Click this link to see News Photos page --> 11/10/2015 #3

Human skulls, or “natitas,” are displayed outside a chapel during the Natitas Festival in La Paz, Bolivia. The festival, which is not recognized by the Catholic Church, marks the end of All Saints’ Day.

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#8 Click this link to see News Photos page --> 11/02/2016 #2

A devotee pretends to be the spirit known as a Gede during a ceremony honoring the Haitian voodoo spirits of Baron Samdi and Gede on the Day of the Dead in the National Cemetery in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Voodoo believers and devotees offer candles, alcohol and food.

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#9 Click this link to see News Photos page --> 10/24/2017 #1

A woman dressed up as “Catrina”, a Mexican character also known as “The Elegant Death”, takes part in the annual Grand Procession of the Catrinas, part of upcoming Day of the Dead celebrations in Mexico City on Oct. 22nd, 2017. The Calavera Catrina, or Dapper Skeleton, is the most representative image of the Day of the Dead, an indigenous festivity that honors ancestors and occurs from Nov. 1st to Nov. 2nd. The figure of a skeleton wearing an elegant broad brimmed hat was first illustrated as a satirical engraving by artist Jose Guadalupe Posada sometime between 1910 and his death in 1913.

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#10 Click this link to see News Photos page --> 10/31/2017 #4

Mariachis characterised as “The Elegant Death” wait to enter bathroom before taking part in a procession to commemorate Day of the Dead in Mexico City.

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#11 Click this link to see News Photos page --> 11/01/2021 #3

Los Angeles • A participant at the Day of the Dead festival at Hollywood Forever cemetery.

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#12 Click this link to see News Photos page --> 11/02/2021 #1

A woman kneels at a grave on All Saint’s day. Across the country Hungarians commemorate their deceased by visiting and tending to burial plots.

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#13 Click this link to see News Photos page --> 11/02/2022 #3

People carry an effigy during a Day of The Dead festival in Zócalo, the main square, in Mexico City.

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#14 Click this link to see News Photos page --> 10/28/2023 #1

A woman dressed as a pre-Hispanic Catrina poses for a photograph in a field of Cempazuchitl flowers —— Mexican Marigold (Tagetes erecta) —— as part of the preparations for the Day of the Dead celebration in Tlajomulco de Zuñiga, Jalisco state, Mexico.

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#15 Click this link to see News Photos page --> 10/30/2024 #1

Mexico City, Mexico • People dressed as Catrinas parade through the streets during celebrations ahead the Day of the Dead.

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#16 Click this link to see News Photos page --> 11/04/2024 #2

Mazatlán Villa de Flores, Mexico • People gather around the graves of deceased loved ones during the annual Day of the Dead celebrations.

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#17 Click this link to see News Photos page --> 11/10/2024 #1

Kielce, Poland • An aerial photograph shows a cemetery illuminated with candles during All Saints Day, when millions of Poles head to family graves in their ancestors’ hometowns to pay their respects.

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#18 Click this link to see News Photos page --> 10/19/2025 #3

Children in Mexican costumes take part in a Day of the Dead celebration in Orlando, FL. The tradition honours lost loved ones with colorful altars, music and festive gatherings.

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#19 Click this link to see News Photos page --> 11/01/2025 #3

Mexico City, Mexico • People dance during the aerobic dance class Me Muero por Bailar (I’m Dying to Dance) before the Day of the Dead festivities at the Zocalo main square.

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