PHOTOS: Valentines Day around the world
February 14, 2014
Participants are seen at a Valentine's Day speed dating event at the panda enclosure at Ocean Park, Hong Kong, China, 14 February 2014. EPA/ALEX HOFFORD ( CHINA HONG KONG VALENTINE'S DAY )
An Olympic volunteer, right, hands a heart-shaped balloon to a child visiting Olympic Park on Valentine's Day at the 2014 Winter Olympics, Friday, Feb. 14, 2014, in Sochi, Russia. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip ) ( APTOPIX Sochi Olympics )
John Curry and Edor Philogene wait to be wed at the group Valentine's day wedding ceremony at the National Croquet Center on February 14, 2014 in West Palm Beach, Florida. Approximately 40 couples were married in a ceremony put on by the Palm Beach Country Clerk & Comptroller's office. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images) ( 469386971 )
Myrtle Lyon, left, beams Friday, Feb. 14, 2014, as members of the Valentine City Chorus perform three songs for her. The quartet, which includes from left Gary Bracken, Rex Touslee, Ted Cluett and Ken Yergler, delivered singing valentines all day Friday to lucky recipients. Lyon's son, Amil Lyon of Oklahoma, ordered the singing valentine for her, as he has done for many years. (Photo by Jessica Benes/Loveland Reporter-Herald) ( 0215NWSSingingValentine-j )
Heart-shaped balloons as Valentine's Day offerings arer pictured against the background of the Palace of Culture in Warsaw, Poland, on Friday, Feb. 14, 2014. Valentine's Day was introduced to Poland after the country shed communism and improved the dayís sales of heart-shaped sweets, cakes and balloons. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski) ( Poland Valentine's Day )
A couple kisses as they hold a heart-shaped balloon in St Peter's square at the Vatican, 14 February 2014. More than 20 thousand couples coming from 28 different countries attend to Pope Francis Valentine's Day audience. EPA/FABIO FRUSTACI ( VATICAN POPE VALENTINE'S DAY AUDIENCE )
A pedestrian walks past a heart-shaped flower arrangement made with roses on display at a florist on Valentine's Day in Mumbai on February 14, 2014. Valentine's Day is celebrated with mixed emotions in India as some right-wing hindu groups view the holiday as a cultural invasion on the Hindu way of life. February 14 also falls on the the death anniversary of three of India's most revered freedom icons Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev, and Rajguru, who were executed in 1931. AFP PHOTO/INDRANIL MUKHERJEE/AFP/Getty Images ( 527050882 )
People buy flowers for Valentines day in downtown Sochi, Russia, during the Sochi 2014 Olympic Games, 14 February 2014. EPA/VINCENT JANNINK ( RUSSIA SOCHI 2014 OLYMPIC GAMES )
Flowers on sale for Valentines day in downtown Sochi, Russia, during the Sochi 2014 Olympic Games, 14 February 2014. EPA/VINCENT JANNINK ( RUSSIA SOCHI 2014 OLYMPIC GAMES )
A young Romanian woman holds a small bouquet of blue flowers while being turned around by her partner in an empty alley of Tineretului park during Valentine's Day, in Bucharest, Romania, 14 February 2014. EPA/ROBERT GHEMENT ( ROMANIA VALENTINE DAY )
Young men and women offer red flowers to pedestrians in the old city of Damascus, Syria, 14 February 2014, during Valentine's Day. EPA/YOUSSEF BADAWI ( SYRIA VALENTINE DAY )
Patti Miller, of East Lawn Florists gets a flower arrangement from the cooler of for a Valentines Day delivery in Sacramento, Calif., Friday, Feb. 14, 2014.(AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli) ( Valentines Day )
An opposition protester and his girlfriend shares a kiss on Valentine's Day while protesters prepare for a rally in Kiev's Independence Square, the epicenter of the country's current unrest, Ukraine, Friday, Feb. 14, 2014. Valentine's Day is observed on February 14 each year as a special day to celebrate love and romance. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky) ( APTOPIX Ukraine Valentine's Day )
A visitor to the Olympic Park carries a heart-shaped balloon on Valentine's Day at the 2014 Winter Olympics, Friday, Feb. 14, 2014, in Sochi, Russia. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip ) ( Sochi Olympics )
A couple write their names next to padlocks symbolizing enduring love on the Lovers Bridge in the Wilanow district in Warsaw, Poland, Friday, Feb. 14, 2014. Valentine's Day was introduced to Poland after the country shed communism and improved the days sales of heart-shaped sweets, cakes and balloons. (AP Photo/Alik Keplicz) ( Poland Valentine's Day )
Erica and Lendrick McGrady accented their wedding clothing with purple during the Valentine's Day Group Wedding Ceremony in West Palm Beach, Fla., Friday. Feb. 14, 2014. Thirty one couples were married in the fourth group wedding officiated by Sharon Bock, the Palm Beach County Clerk. The couples were given a free wedding. Bock has married 100 couples in the past three group weddings. (AP Photo/J Pat Carter) ( Valentine's Day Group Wedding )
Roses are displayed on the Pont des Arts bridge by French watchmaker Sismeek, to mark the Valentine's Day, in Paris, Friday, Feb. 14, 2014. Valentine's Day is observed on February 14 each year as a special day to celebrate love and romance. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus) ( France Valentine's Day )
Some of the hundreds of Valentine hearts are affixed to windows amid snowfall in downtown Montpelier, Vt., Friday, Feb. 14, 2014. The so-called Valentine's Bandit started the Montpelier tradition in in 2002. Many in Vermont were digging out Friday after a snowstorm dumped more than a foot of snow in some areas. (AP Photo/Wilson Ring) ( Winter Weather Northern New England )
A Pakistani boy stands on a roadside along with other vendors, holding red heart-shaped balloons hoping to sell them on Valentine's Day in Islamabad, Pakistan, Friday, Feb. 14, 2014. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen) ( Pakistan Valentine Day )
Kristen Ullery, of East Lawn Florists, carries a Valentines Day flower arrangement to a van for delivery in Sacramento, Calif., Friday, Feb. 14, 2014.(AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli) ( Valentines Day )
Pope Francis holds a rose tossed by a faithful in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Friday, Feb. 14, 2014. Pope Francis met a group of engaged couples on Valentine's Day. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino) ( Vatican Pope Valentine's Day )
Bouquets of roses are displayed for sale at a flower market on February 13, 2014 in Kunming, China. (Photo by ChinaFotoPress/ via Getty Images) ( 469303277 )
Bouquets of roses are displayed for sale at a flower shop on February 13, 2014 in Weifang, China. (Photo by ChinaFotoPress/ via Getty Images) ( 469303279 )
A worker arranges bouquets of roses at a flower shop on February 13, 2014 in Weifang, China. (Photo by ChinaFotoPress/ via Getty Images) ( 469303297 )
Pope Francis attends a meeting with engaged couples from all over the world gathered today, on the feast of St. Valentine, in St. Peter's Square on February 14, 2014 in Vatican City, Vatican. During the event, organized by the Pontifical Council for the Family, Pope Francis emphasized that living together is 'an art, a patient, beautiful and fascinating journey' which can be summarized in three words: please, thank you and sorry. (Photo by Franco Origlia/Getty Images) ( 469345401 )
Engaged couples from all over the world gathered today, on the feast of St. Valentine, in St. Peter's Square attend a special meeting with Pope Francis Basilica on February 14, 2014 in Vatican City, Vatican. (Photo by Franco Origlia/Getty Images) ( 469345453 )
Edor Philogene waits to be wed at the group Valentine's day wedding ceremony at the National Croquet Center on February 14, 2014 in West Palm Beach, Florida. Approximately 40 couples were married in a ceremony put on by the Palm Beach Country Clerk & Comptroller's office. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images) ( 469378643 )
Kasunda Smith (R), proposes to her boyfriend of 15 years, Dale Cole in Times Square on February 14, 2014 in New York City. The proposal was coordinated with clothing company American Eagle, which broadcast "Dale, will you marry me?" on the American Eagle screen, however Cole was late to arrive, forcing Smith to propose without the sign. (Photo by Andrew Burton/Getty Images) ( 469383741 )
Donny Goletovic, 35 (L), proposes to his girlfriend, Lisette Morales, 29, in Times Square on February 14, 2014 in New York City. Morales said yes - the proposal was coordinated with clothing company American Eagle, which broadcast "Mary, will you marry me?" on the American Eagle screen. (Photo by Andrew Burton/Getty Images) ( 469390289 )
Customers choose cards and gifts at Walgreen's on Valentine's Day, February 14, 2014 in New York City. People made last-minute purchases for loved ones and special friends. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images) ( 469390537 )
A woman carries roses through the slush of Union Square on Valentine's Day, February 14, 2014 in New York City. New Yorkers dug out from a foot of snow, much of which by afternoon had melted to slush on city streets and sidewalks. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images) ( 469390543 )
Customers choose cards and gifts at Walgreen's on Valentine's Day, February 14, 2014 in New York City. People made last-minute purchases for loved ones and special friends. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images) ( 469390549 )
A couple waits in a line of motorcycles to enter the new McDonald's restaurant February 14, 2014 in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. The first McDonald's in Vietnam opened six days ago and has been experiencing huge crowds of up to 20,000 people a day with lines out the door during the dinner hours. On Valentine's day the restaurant saw massive crowds as couples got presents if they wore the same shirts. (Photo by Paula Bronstein/Getty Images) ( 469390561 )
Jennifer Costanzo kisses her husband-to-be, Raymond Tardiff, before the Valentine's Day Group Wedding Ceremony in West Palm Beach, Fla., Friday. Feb. 14, 2014. Thirty one couples were married in the fourth group wedding officiated by Sharon Bock, the Palm Beach County Clerk. The couples were given a free wedding. Bock has married 100 couples in the past three group weddings. (AP Photo/J Pat Carter) ( Valentine's Day Group Wedding )
Brian Sanvidge and St. Augustine's School Principal Joe Slichko and and Christina Sanvidge sell roses for Valentine's Day Thursday, Feb. 13, 2014 at Rt. 142 to benefit the school in North Troy, N.Y. The storm that began Thursday morning gained intensity early Friday morning, leaving highways snow-covered and side streets in the Albany area clogged with snow. A hotel van making an early morning run to the Albany airport only went a few hundred feet before getting stuck at an intersection. (AP Photo/The Troy Record, J.S. Carras) ( Winter Weather NY )
Nina McMillan, right, and her son Justin McMillon, left, try to catch drivers' attention as they sell Valentine's Day basket on the side of a street in Charlotte, N.C., Friday, Feb. 14, 2014. Residents are digging out from one of the worst winter storms in many years. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton) ( Winter Weather NC )
A Flower Market employee pushes Valentine's Day flowers for delivery Friday Feb. 14, 2014 in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Nick Ut) ( Valentines Day )
A couple share a kiss during a kissing flash mob in celebration of Valentine's Day, in Paris, Friday, Feb. 14, 2014. Valentine's Day is observed on February 14 each year as a special day to celebrate love and romance. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus) ( France Valentine's Day )
Vendors hold roses and balloons as they wait for customers near a shopping mall on the Valentines Day in Beijing, China, Friday, Feb. 14, 2014. (AP Photo/Alexander F. Yuan) ( China Valentine's Day )
Balloons are released during a flashmob in celebration of Valentine's Day, in Paris, Friday, Feb. 14, 2014. Valentine's Day is observed on February 14 each year as a special day to celebrate love and romance. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus) ( France Valentine's Day )
Anthony Sanchez and Stephanie Hernandez, left, and John and Analicia Vazquez, right, kiss after taking their vows with dozens of other couples in a mass Valentine's Day wedding on the steps of the Bexar County Courthouse, Friday, Feb. 14, 2014, in San Antonio. (AP Photo/Eric Gay) ( Texas Daily Life )
Fans for team Canada hold out a Valentines Day for Canada forward Jonathan Toews to sign after a men's ice hockey game against Austria at the 2014 Winter Olympics, Friday, Feb. 14, 2014, in Sochi, Russia. Canada won 6-0. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez) ( Sochi Olympics Ice Hockey Men )
A Pakistani woman holding red and white heart-shaped balloons pose for a picture taken by another girl on Valentine's Day, in Islamabad, Pakistan, Friday, Feb. 14, 2014. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen) ( Pakistan Valentine Day )
Arianna Fontana of Italy and Anthony Lobello of Italy wear Valentines Day themed hats during a short track speedskating practice session at the Iceberg Skating Palace during the 2014 Winter Olympics, Friday, Feb. 14, 2014, in Sochi, Russia. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings) ( Sochi Olympics Short Track Speedskating )
A young woman chops into a heart-shaped piece of ice to get to a coupon for a Valentine's Day offering embedded in it, in Warsaw, Poland, on Friday, Feb. 14, 2014. Valentine's Day was introduced to Poland after the country shed communism and improved the day's sales of heart-shaped sweets, cakes and balloons. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski) ( Poland Valentine's Day )
A florist carries a heart shaped flower arrangement made with roses for delivery on Valentine's Day in Mumbai on February 14, 2014. Valentine's Day is celebrated with mixed emotions in India as some right-wing Hindu groups view the holiday as a cultural invasion on their way of life. February 14 also falls on the the death anniversary of three of India's most revered freedom icons Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev, and Rajguru, who were executed in 1931. AFP PHOTO/INDRANIL MUKHERJEE/AFP/Getty Images ( 527050671 )
A Pakistani transgender selects a Valentine gift at a shop in Lahore on February 14, 2014. At least three students were wounded in a clash at a university in the northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar, following a dispute over Valentine's Day celebrations in the deeply Muslim country, police said. AFP PHOTO/Arif Ali/AFP/Getty Images ( 527069250 )
A Pakistani boy sells heart-shaped balloons on a street in Lahore on February 14, 2014. At least three students were wounded in a clash at a university in the northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar, following a dispute over Valentine's Day celebrations in the deeply Muslim country, police said. AFP PHOTO/Arif ALIArif Ali/AFP/Getty Images ( 527069330 )
Pakistani commuters ride past balloons hanging above a Valentine's stall in Karachi on February 14, 2014. At least three students were wounded in a clash at a university in the northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar, following a dispute over Valentine's Day celebrations in the deeply Muslim country, police said. AFP PHOTO/Asif HASSAN/AFP/Getty Images ( 527070205 )
A Pakistani boy holds heart-shaped balloons as he sits in rickshaw in Karachi on February 14, 2014, on the Valentine's Day . At least three students were wounded Friday in a clash at a university in the northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar, following a dispute over Valentine's Day celebrations in the deeply Muslim country, police said. AFP PHOTO/Asif HASSAN/AFP/Getty Images ( 527070432 )
Buyer Steve Moreno examines flowers for purchase for his girlfriend for Valentine's Day, from a woman who identified herself only as Susie, Friday Feb. 14, 2014 at the Flower Market in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Nick Ut) ( Valentines Day )
Buyers at the Flower Market look over Valentine's Day flowers for purchase, Friday Feb. 14, 2014 in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Nick Ut) ( Valentines Day )
The Olympic flame burns in the background at the Olympic Park as children play with heart shaped balloons in celebration of Valentine's Day at the 2014 Winter Olympics, Friday, Feb. 14, 2014, in Sochi, Russia. (AP Photo/David Goldman) ( Sochi Olympics )
An Iraqi woman buys a Valentine's day gift at Baghdad's Karrada commercial district on February 14, 2014. AFP PHOTO/ALI AL-SAADI/AFP/Getty Images ( 527049720 )
An engaged couple kiss during a Valentine's Day celebration in St Peter's square at the Vatican on February 14, 2014. The Vatican said there were around 20,000 future brides and grooms attending from 25 countries, all of them enrolled on Catholic marriage preparation courses. The celebration was not open to same-sex couples as Francis is opposed to gay marriage, even though he has called for a more tolerant approach to homosexuals. AFP PHOTO / GABRIEL BOUYS/AFP/Getty Images ( 527067112 )
Trees are decorated with heart shapes in the central district of Tirana on Valentine's Day, on February 14, 2014. AFP PHOTO / GENT SHKULLAKU/AFP/Getty Images ( 527073101 )
Trees are decorated with heart shapes in the central district of Tirana on Valentine's Day, on February 14, 2014. AFP PHOTO / GENT SHKULLAKU/AFP/Getty Images ( 527073197 )
Couples attend an event during a mass wedding ceremony on Valentine's Day at the municipality of Pristina on February 14, 2014. AFP PHOTO / ARMEND NIMANI/AFP/Getty Images ( 527076923 )
Newly-wed ethnic Malaysian-Chinese couples release heart-shaped balloons during their mass wedding ceremony on Valentine's Day at the Thean Hou Temple in Kuala Lumpur on February 14, 2014. Some 138 couples married on Valentines day, coinciding with Chap Goh Meh marking the end of Chinese Lunar New Year celebrations, also believing to bring them good luck. AFP PHOTO / MANAN VATSYAYANA/AFP/Getty Images ( 527052874 )
Residents and survivors of super Typhoon-Haiyan put the finishing touches on a giant heart-shaped lantern displayed along the coastal area of Tacloban City, Leyte province, in central Philippines on February 14, 2014, ahead of the one hundred days anniversary of the devastating super Typhoon that hit the city on November 8, 2013. England football legend David Beckham flew to the Philippines on February 13 to give comfort to survivors of the Asian country's deadliest ever typhoon. AFP PHOTO/TED ALJIBE/AFP/Getty Images ( 527062973 )
Against a backdrop of roses, bride Veronica Vizcaino (L) and groom Gustavo Espinal (R) kiss after they are married on the 58th floor of the Empire State Building February 14, 2014 in New York. Couples are able to marry at the Empire State Building only on Valentine's Day. AFP PHOTO/Stan HONDA/AFP/Getty Images ( 527073552 )
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