These images from the Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest show how communities in Mexico and beyond mark Día de los Muertos. A couple visits a cemetery during Day of the Dead, against the backdrop of ...

Colourful lights decked up buildings and diyas (earthen lamps) dotted houses as people across the country ... were returning home to celebrate Diwali. In Andhra Pradesh, a man died after the ...

People celebrate Armistice Day in New York City on Nov. 11, 1918.Credit...Associated Press Supported by By Karen Zraick On Nov. 11, 1918, the Allied nations and Germany signed an armistice ending ...

Dia de los Muertos is "Day of the Dead," a Mexican holiday that many in San Diego celebrate. At Old Town, people came from faraway places like Spain, South Korea, Poland and Canada. Locals also ...

Tens of thousands have celebrated the fall of the Berlin Wall 35 years ago in Germany's capital BERLIN -- Tens of thousands of people celebrated the fall of the Berlin Wall 35 years ago in Germany ...

For the first time, New York City’s public school students have the day off to mark the holiday of Diwali, celebrated in ...

World leaders congratulated Republican Donald Trump on Wednesday after he won the U.S. presidential election, capping a ...

“We can’t let it be lost.” Meléndez was among throngs of people gathered in the cemetery, tucked away in the maze of canals and brick buildings in Xochimilco, a borough in south of Mexico ...

It had carved a 156.4-kilometer (97.2-mile) swath through Berlin's heart and the surrounding countryside, and through the hearts of many of its people. However, when the border was opened 35 years ...