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19 March 2024

Remembrance: The spirit of Halloween

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Children play behind a pumpkin carved and lit for Halloween in Monterey Park, California, a day before the annual celebration of the traditional All Hallow's Eve, the time in the liturgical year dedicated to remembering the dead, including saints (hallows), martyrs, and faithful departed believers. (AFP)

A couple take part in "Moto-Halloween Party 2013". (AFP)

A couple take part in "Moto-Halloween Party 2013" in Cali, Valle del Cauca department, Colombia. (AFP)

A couple dressed as as clowns take part in "Moto-Halloween Party 2013". (AFP)

A man dressed as a clown riding his motorcycle during "Moto-Halloween Party 2013". (AFP)

A girl poses for a photograph as she arrives for a Halloween party. (AFP)

Halloween masks are offered for sale at Fantasy Costumes. (AFP)

John Helmer sells Halloween masks at Fantasy Costumes in Chicago, Illinois. Although Halloween spending has increased more than 50 percent since 2005, according to the National Retail Federation spending for the holiday this year is expected to be slightly lower than it was in 2012. (AFP)

A house is decorated ahead of Halloween. (AFP)

A house is decorated ahead of Halloween. (AFP)

Students dressed as monsters participate in an annual Halloween Costume Parade in Manila. (AFP)

Students dressed as zombies participate in an annual Halloween Costume Parade in Manila. (AFP)

A plastic grim reaper stands in a garden in Ailingen, Germany. Owner Thomas Bittelmeyer has decorated his property with more than 8,000 lamps in dozens of Halloween figures and designs. (AFP)

Children dressed in their Halloween costumes gather outside a neighbor's apartment waiting to get candies the night before Halloween in Beijing, China. (AP)

A diver in a skeleton costume feeds fish during a media opportunity to mark Halloween at the Sea Life aquarium in Berlin. (AP)

White House in Washington decorated and lit in orange lights in preparation of tomorrow's Halloween celebration. (AP)