A man runs past a kiosk selling gifts for upcoming Valentine's Day, as he rushes for a train at Waterloo Station in London. Named after an early Christian martyr, Valentine's Day is a traditional celebration marking love and affection and falls on Feb 14 each year.
A couple kisses on the Pont des Arts, on February 14, 2011 in Paris, during the Valentine's day, traditionally the annual celebration of love.
Daniel Winchester (R), a celebrant, looks on after conducting an underwater blessing of Aquarists Kathryn O'Connor (C) and James Oliver on Valentine's Day in the Ocean Reef Display in the London Aquarium London on February 14, 2011. Winchester conducted the ceremony from the other side of the glass using placards to communicate with the couple. The couple, neither of whom believe in a formal wedding, dressed in wedding finery and breathing apparatus and received their blessing surrounded by giant green sea turtles, cownose rays and shoals of colorful fish.
Elaine Vardamis (R) of Nederland, Co. is embraced by her husband Dan Vardamis as the couple renews their vows at Loveland Ski Area in Colorado at 2011's Annual Marry Me & Ski Free Mountaintop Matrimony on Valentine's Day, February 14th in Loveland, Colorado. The mass wedding ceremony was held at noon at 12,050 feet outside of the Ptarmigan Roost Cabin at Loveland. More than 75 couples were pre-registered to get married or renew their vows high on The Continental Divide in this yearly Loveland tradition. Following the ceremony couples were invited to a casual reception complete with a champagne toast, wedding cake and music. The couple was married about eight months ago at the County Clerks office in Boulder, Co. and this was their first official ceremony.
Michael and Marcia Linley of Fort Collins, Co. kiss atop Loveland Ski Area in Colorado prior to the start of 2011's Annual Marry Me & Ski Free Mountaintop Matrimony on Valentine's Day, February 14th in Loveland, Colorado. The mass wedding ceremony was held at noon at 12,050 feet outside of the Ptarmigan Roost Cabin at Loveland. More than 75 couples were pre-registered to get married or renew their vows high on The Continental Divide in this yearly Loveland tradition. Following the ceremony couples were invited to a casual reception complete with a champagne toast, wedding cake and music. The Linleys are avid skiers and were renewing their vows after 34 years of marriage.
A displaced Kenyan boy smells a rose given to people by Kenyan charity workers at an camp for displaced people.
A heart is scratched into the ice on a frozen windshield of a parked car in Hamburg, northern Germany, as an early Valentine's Day greeting on Thursday morning, Feb. 12, 2009.
A tourist's hands form a heart to frame an airborne hot air balloon at the conclusion of the four-day Philippine Hot Air Balloon festival on Valentine's Day, Sunday, Feb. 14, 2010 at Clark Economic Zone, Angeles city in Pampanga province north of Manila, Philippines. The annual festival attracted 22 hot air balloon participants from different countries as Japan, Germany, Poland, Switzerland and Malaysia.
Sontaya Tiemjun, left, and Praputson Mahavong, right, swing out on rappelling ropes during their wedding ceremony Sunday, Feb. 13, 2011 in Prachinburi province, Thailand. The mountainside ceremony has become a favorite of adventure seeking Thai couples looking to marry near or on Valentine's Day.
Supoj Jaengmoraka,right, and Maratee Sukamanee, left, swing out on rappelling ropes during their wedding ceremony Sunday, Feb. 13, 2011 in Prachinburi province, Thailand. The mountainside ceremony has become a favorite of adventure seeking Thai couples looking to marry near or on Valentine's Day.
"Blondie," left, stands next to her groom "Katar" in a Valentine's Day doggie wedding in Managua, Nicaragua, Sunday Feb 13, 2011. The event was organized by Fundacion Amarte, a local animal protection foundation.
A woman wipes tears from her husband during a mass wedding in Managua, Monday, Feb 14, 2011. Around 560 couples got married to commemorate Valentine's Day.
A boy rides a skate board as a gap in the clouds appears to form a heart shape over the Mediterranean sea on Valentines Day in Tel Aviv, Israel, Monday, Feb. 14, 2011.
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