epa10284629 A woman offers prayers at the Congregation of God Church in Monrovia, Liberia, 03 November 2022. Thanksgiving Day is a public holiday, and is observed every year on the first Thursday in November. The festival gives thanks for freedom and opportunity and has many similarities and familiarities with the American version, as Liberia was founded by freed African-American slaves around 200 years ago. Thanksgiving Day began in the early 1880s, when the government passed an act declaring the holiday. EPA/AHMED JALLANZO
