![The Day of the Dead parade was a colourful event in the Sunset Park neighbourhood of Brooklyn, New York, on Sunday](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.thetimes.com/imageserver/image/%2Fmethode%2Ftimes%2Fprod%2Fweb%2Fbin%2F5384828c-7716-11ee-8195-f4db79f3b3e3.jpg?crop=5000%2C3333%2C0%2C0)
The Day of the Dead parade was a colourful event in the Sunset Park neighbourhood of Brooklyn, New York, on Sunday
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![Sunday night’s moon resembles a jack-o’-lantern over London as Halloween approaches on Tuesday](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.thetimes.com/imageserver/image/%2Fmethode%2Ftimes%2Fprod%2Fweb%2Fbin%2F5af4d530-7716-11ee-8195-f4db79f3b3e3.jpg?crop=1927%2C2764%2C48%2C114)
Sunday night’s moon resembles a jack-o’-lantern over London as Halloween approaches on Tuesday
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![The Aerosparx airborne pyrotechnics team blaze across the night sky in Nanchang, China, during the city’s annual airshow](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.thetimes.com/imageserver/image/%2Fmethode%2Ftimes%2Fprod%2Fweb%2Fbin%2F868b9f58-7716-11ee-8195-f4db79f3b3e3.jpg?crop=6000%2C4000%2C0%2C0)
The Aerosparx airborne pyrotechnics team blaze across the night sky in Nanchang, China, during the city’s annual airshow
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![Jumping on to a branch from a swing is a black-and-white decision for a giant panda at Chongqing zoo in China](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.thetimes.com/imageserver/image/%2Fmethode%2Ftimes%2Fprod%2Fweb%2Fbin%2F82d8dc68-7716-11ee-8195-f4db79f3b3e3.jpg?crop=6000%2C4000%2C0%2C0)
Jumping on to a branch from a swing is a black-and-white decision for a giant panda at Chongqing zoo in China
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![Female bodybuilders muscle in on the top spot in the Bodybuilding and Fitness World Cup in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.thetimes.com/imageserver/image/%2Fmethode%2Ftimes%2Fprod%2Fweb%2Fbin%2F80db40a4-7716-11ee-8195-f4db79f3b3e3.jpg?crop=4919%2C3034%2C12%2C8)
Female bodybuilders muscle in on the top spot in the Bodybuilding and Fitness World Cup in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
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![It’s a bright sunshiny day in the park in China’s southwestern Chongqing municipality](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.thetimes.com/imageserver/image/%2Fmethode%2Ftimes%2Fprod%2Fweb%2Fbin%2F7ed50902-7716-11ee-8195-f4db79f3b3e3.jpg?crop=4219%2C2813%2C0%2C0)
It’s a bright sunshiny day in the park in China’s southwestern Chongqing municipality
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![Turkey celebrates the 100th anniversary of the republic on Sunday in Istanbul](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.thetimes.com/imageserver/image/%2Fmethode%2Ftimes%2Fprod%2Fweb%2Fbin%2F7ab6eeda-7716-11ee-8195-f4db79f3b3e3.jpg?crop=5128%2C3419%2C0%2C0)
Turkey celebrates the 100th anniversary of the republic on Sunday in Istanbul
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![Members of the street performance troupe Macnas perform in the Cnámha na Loba Halloween parade in Galway, Ireland. Their dance is inspired by the legend of a wild wolf woman who collects and preserves the bones of animals, humans and gods](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.thetimes.com/imageserver/image/%2Fmethode%2Ftimes%2Fprod%2Fweb%2Fbin%2F7533fb74-7716-11ee-8195-f4db79f3b3e3.jpg?crop=6000%2C4000%2C0%2C0)
Members of the street performance troupe Macnas perform in the Cnámha na Loba Halloween parade in Galway, Ireland. Their dance is inspired by the legend of a wild wolf woman who collects and preserves the bones of animals, humans and gods
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![A burlesque parody of Star Wars, The Empire Strips Back, is netting audiences at the Marie Bell theatre in Paris until November 24](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.thetimes.com/imageserver/image/%2Fmethode%2Ftimes%2Fprod%2Fweb%2Fbin%2F72745c44-7716-11ee-8195-f4db79f3b3e3.jpg?crop=7489%2C4993%2C0%2C0)
A burlesque parody of Star Wars, The Empire Strips Back, is netting audiences at the Marie Bell theatre in Paris until November 24
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![Cosplayers attempt to break the world record for the number of people dressed as Spider-Man in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The record is held by an event of 685 people in Malaysia. Guinness World Records is yet to confirm if it has been surpassed](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.thetimes.com/imageserver/image/%2Fmethode%2Ftimes%2Fprod%2Fweb%2Fbin%2F6f4a3cdc-7716-11ee-8195-f4db79f3b3e3.jpg?crop=8550%2C5700%2C0%2C0)
Cosplayers attempt to break the world record for the number of people dressed as Spider-Man in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The record is held by an event of 685 people in Malaysia. Guinness World Records is yet to confirm if it has been surpassed
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