Halloween around the globe

Halloween, also called All Hallow’s Eve, has roots in pagan rituals dating back more than 2,000 years, and was traditionally a day for marking the end of the harvest season. The modern holiday is celebrated annually on October 31 by wearing costumes, carving pumpkins and ‘trick or treating’ for candy.

Philippines Halloween

Children look at Beatrice Andrea Dicher, 8, dressed in her scary costume as she makes the rounds of stalls at Manila's Ocean Park, the country's largest oceanarium, to avail of free candies, chocolates and sweets while taking part in the annual Halloween "Trick or Treat" activity leading to next week's observance of All Saints' Day Saturday Oct. 26, 2013 in Manila, Philippines. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)

APTOPIX Japan Halloween

A costumed woman takes a break with her friends at an Halloween event in Kawasaki, near Tokyo, Sunday, Oct. 28, 2012. (AP Photo/Itsuo Inouye)

Japan Halloween

People in a disguise participate a Halloween costume festival in Tokyo, Saturday, Oct. 25, 2014. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

Germany Halloween

A man waiting at the train station looks at another wearing Halloween themed make-up in the city center of Essen, western Germany, Thursday, Oct. 31, 2013. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)

APTOPIX China Daily Life

Two children dressed in their Halloween costumes hold pumpkin-shaped lanterns while walking on their way to ask for candies from neighbors the night before Halloween in Beijing, China, Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2013. (AP Photo/Alexander F. Yuan)

Haunted Prison

In this Friday, Sept. 27, 2013 photo, a zombie inmate poses for a portrait during the Halloween haunted house Terror Behind the Walls, at Eastern State Penitentiary in Philadelphia. The penitentiary took in its first inmate in 1829, closed in 1971 and reopened as a museum in 1994. The haunted house is scheduled to run through Nov. 9. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Obama Halloween

Actors portraying the Bride-of-Frankenstein, left, Frankenstein, center, and Glinda, the Good Witch of the North from the Movie 'The Wizard of Oz' are seen on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Thursday, Oct. 31, 2103, in preparation for trick-or-treaters. President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama will welcome local children and children of military families to 'trick-or-treat' at the White House for Halloween. The White House canceled its Halloween celebration last year in aftermath of Superstorm Sandy. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Germany Halloween

An artist dressed as a moor man walks between crosses during a Halloween celebration in the leisure park 'BELANTIS', the largest theme park in eastern Germany, in Leipzig, Germany, on Monday, Oct. 31, 2011. The theme park stages a Halloween party with creepy surprises for the visitors. (AP Photo/Jens Meyer)

Hong Kong Halloween

Two childen looked at Halloween decorations on Halloween night in Hong Kong, Thursday, Oct. 31, 2013. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)

The Week That Was in Latin America Photo Gallery

In this Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2013 photo, Lineth Mollo, who portrays Samara Morgan, the central character of 'The Ring' horror film, poses for a photo before performing her role in the, 'House of Terror' haunted house, during a Halloween night in El Alto, Bolivia. Bolivians from La Paz and El Alto, mostly of Aymara descent, have started to embrace the American Halloween celebration, fusing characters adapted from the Andean culture such as 'la cholita' and creepy creatures of U.S. horror films. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)

Washington Daily Life

People dressed as their favorite Star Wars movie characters as seen riding the Speedwell Foundation Conservation Carousel at the National Zoo in Washington at the annual Boo at the Zoo, Friday, Oct. 24, 2014. Boo at the Zoo is a Washington favorite Halloween tradition. Children visit the National Zoo at dark and enjoy trick-or-treating, animal encounters, keeper talks, festive decorations, and haunted trails. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

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Lead Image Caption: People in a disguise participate a Halloween costume festival in Tokyo, Saturday, Oct. 25, 2014. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

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