Halloween around the world

Pumpkins, costumes, zombies and hurricanes were all part of this year’s worldwide celebration of Halloween. Here are some scenes from the traditional fall holiday from around the world.

Carved pumpkins were displayed as part of Pumpkin Mania on the steps of Old Morrison on the Transylvania University campus in Lexington, Ky., Monday, Oct. 29. Over 250 carved pumpkins are displayed and will remain through the Halloween holiday.

Actors dressed as zombies scared people entering a “haunted school” during a Halloween celebration at a mall in Manila, Philippines on Oct. 31.

Aaron, age 2, rested on a pumpkin during the Halloween Harvest Festival at Pierce Farm in Woodland Hills, Calif., on Oct. 30.

Residents of Windsor Redding Care Center in Redding, Calif., got a look at the Halloween Oscar Mayer Wienermobile on Tuesday, Oct. 30. The Wienermobile is touring the Northern California area this week and collecting donated food to be distributed locally.

Ava Rivenbark made a superhero gesture during the fourth annual Batty Battleship Halloween Bash on the deck of the USS North Carolina on Tuesday, Oct. 30, in Wilmington, N.C.

In honor of Halloween, carved pumpkins lined the driveway of the official residence of Canada’s Prime Minister Stephen Harper in Ottawa.

A giraffe enjoyed a Halloween pumpkin at the London Zoo. London Zoo handed out Halloween treats to some of its occupants to celebrate the Halloween festivities.

Theater director of the Hamburg Dungeon Alexander Resch stood in a Halloween room of the horror cabinet dungeon in Hamburg, Germany. 50 professional actors take part on the show at the Hamburg Dungeon.

A man made pinatas on Oct. 29 in Guatemala City during preparations for the Halloween celebration.

University of Nebraska fans wore Halloween costumes in the stands prior to an NCAA college football game between Nebraska and Michigan in Lincoln, Neb., on Saturday, Oct. 27. Nebraska won the game 23-9.

Members of the Kilgore Rangerettes, a Kilgore College dance team, dressed in zombie costumes to perform alongside the Dallas Cowboys cheerleaders in a halftime show during an NFL football game against the New York Giants on Sunday, Oct. 28, in Arlington, Texas. The Giants defeated the Cowboys 29-24.

Boarded-up businesses sported Halloween-themed messages on the deserted boardwalk as Hurricane Sandy approached Rehoboth Beach, Del. Sandy ravaged the East Coast shortly before the Halloween holiday.

A couple in costume kissed on the platform edge of 49th Street metro station early Sunday, Oct. 28, in New York City, in celebration of Halloween.

On Saturday, Oct. 27, Kris Filion, left, and Brittney Filion, walked their dog, Coffee, as they neared the finish line during the fourth annual Zombie Run 5k in Traverse City, Mich.

A man, dressed in a Halloween costume, took a rope jump from a 144-feet-high old water pipe bridge in the Siberian Taiga area outside Krasnoyarsk, Russia, on Oct. 28. Enthusiasts take rope jumps ahead of the Halloween celebrations.

Participants clad in Halloween costumes reacted to cameras as they marched in a main street in Kawasaki, Japan, a suburb near Tokyo, on Sunday, Oct. 28.

People took part in a Halloween parade in Baltimore, Md., on Oct. 27. Lights, costumes and scares filled the streets for the parade.

The sun peeked through the clouds and an amusement park ride enjoyed by children in Halloween costumes before the arrival of Hurricane Sandy at Coney Island, New York on Oct. 27.

A competitor dressed as a hot dog wiped out during the ZJ Boarding House Halloween surf contest in Santa Monica, Calif. on Oct. 27. All competitors were required to wear a costume out into the waves.

Zombie enthusiasts set out on a “Zombie Walk” in the city center of Berlin, Germany, on Oct. 27. Approximately 150 zombies, who had organized themselves through Facebook, walked and limped across Alexanderplatz, growled and moaned at passersby and performed jerking dances.