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New Masks for Fall 2020: How Different Countries Prepare for Halloween

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Halloween is most widely celebrated in the US and Canada, where children dress up in costumes and go door to door, asking for candy.

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Halloween decorations are seen at Tivoli Gardens in Copenhagen during the Danish Championships in giant pumpkins, held in Copenhagen, on 10 October 2020.
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Shoppers at Mr. Jack O'Lanterns Pumpkin Patch on 3 October 2020 in Los Angeles, California.
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A girl runs through a pumpkin patch installation during the "Halloween at Descanso" event at Descanso Gardens in La Canada Flintridge, California, U.S., 9 October 2020.
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Halloween candy and decorations are displayed at a store, Wednesday, 23 September 2020, in Freeport, Maine.
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A woman reacts during a performance at the ScareCity Drive-in cinema, in Manchester, Britain, 8 October 2020.
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A girl poses inside a pumpkin house installation during the "Halloween at Descanso" event at Descanso Gardens in La Canada Flintridge, California, US 9 October 2020.
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Halloween items for sale at a home improvement retailer store in Alhambra, California on 9 September 2020.
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A vehicle drives through the "HAUNT'OWEEN LA" Halloween drive-through experience, in Woodland Hills, California, US, 8 October 2020.
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Pedestrians wearing a face mask or covering due to the COVID-19 pandemic, walks past a tree decorated in pumpkins ahead of Halloween, in Manchester, northern England on 6 October 2020, after localised restrictions were introduced across the country's northwest following a spike in coronavirus cases.
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Halloween decorations adorn the front yard of a house in the US.
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A young boy wearing a costume attends Knott's Berry Farm's Halloween-themed attraction in Buena Park, California, US, 25 September 2020.
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A house with Halloween lighting in a suburb of New York.
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