Wednesday, February 15, 2012

Valentine's Day around the world

Juanita Aasso, 77, slow dances with friend Roy Elkis during the Valentine's Day Dance at the Neighborhood Center Inc. West End Senior Center on Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2012, in Houston. Approximately 50 seniors attended the Valentine's Day Dance where the DJ played Tejano music, soul, and pop music for seniors.

From left, Jonah Klemm-Toole kisses his new wife, Elena Pizano, Kenny Dornhoefer kisses his new wife, Jaya Ganaishalm and Manuel Fuentes kisses his new wife, Monika Juarbe after being wed during a group Valentine's Day wedding at the National Croquet Center on February 14, 2012 in West Palm Beach, Florida. The group wedding ceremony is put on by the Palm Beach Country Clerk & Comptroller's office and 30 couples tied the knot.

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Couples get married in a pool on Valentine's Day in Ventanilla, Peru, Tuesday Feb. 14, 2012. This is the second year the city of Ventanilla organizes a group wedding in a pool on Valentine's Day.

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Dozens of couples participate in the 21st Annual Mountaintop Matrimony at Loveland Ski Area in Georgetown, Colo. on Valentine's Day Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2012. Couples donned ski goggles, winter coats, and skis or snowboards to mark Valentine's Day by saying "I do" during a mass mountaintop ceremony at Loveland.

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Will Kettler, center, also known as "The King" congratulates newlyweds Hector and Alba Garcia of Fresno after they were married at the Fresno County Clerk's office in downtown Fresno, Calif., on Valentine's Day, Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2012. The King was deputized for the day as a commissioner of marriages for the county so that he could perform marriages for those who wanted him to marry them.

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Ninety-six couples kiss after being married during a Valentine's Day wedding ceremony outside the Arizona State Supreme Court during the 100th Anniversary celebration of Arizona's statehood, Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2012, in Phoenix. Chief Justice Rebecca Berch performed the ceremony.

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Art and Helen Polich laugh with Chaplain Laurie Geschrey during a renewal of wedding vows Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2012, at the Victory Centre of Barlett, Ill. The couple married on April 15, 1950, and now live at the Victory Centre supportive living facility.

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Judge Jeffrey P. Minehart marries Anthony Gieger and Camille Frazier on Valentine's Day, at the Reading Terminal Market, Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2012, in Philadelphia.

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Clayton Furlow, right, and Lauren Furlow-Sperling kiss for the first time as husband and wife after getting married on Valentine's Day at City Hall Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2012, in San Diego.

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A young couple kisses in the Vltava River during a festival held in the centre of Prague, Czech Republic, on Valentine's Day, Feb. 14, 2012.

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A Chinese man takes pictures of his girlfriend posing with a giant teddy bear for Valentine's Day outside a shopping mall on February 14, 2012 in Beijing, China.

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Members of Phi Mu Alpha serenade Rachel Metras at the University of Florida on Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2012 in Gainesville, Fla. for Valentine's Day. The group spent the day serenading at different places around campus and town.

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Kelsey and Scott Cook of New Prague exchanged their wedding vows atop the Mall of America's ferris wheel, Tuesday, February 14, 2012, in Bloomington, Minnesota. In celebration of National Weddings Month, five of ten couples simultaneously wed on the ferris wheel at the Mall of America on Valentine's Day. It is also in celebration of "National Ferris Wheel Day" and "Love Makes the World Go Around Week."

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A Chinese couple kiss for 60 seconds to receive a free food in a kissing competition at a cafe Tuesday Feb. 14, 2012 in Shanghai, China.

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Robyn D Eckersley wears her heart shoes as she marries Brent Roberts during a group Valentine's Day wedding at the National Croquet Center on February 14, 2012 in West Palm Beach, Florida. The group wedding ceremony is put on by the Palm Beach Country Clerk & Comptroller's office and 30 couples tied the knot.

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A pedestrian walks past valentines posted on a storefront Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2012 in Montpelier, Vt. The annual decorating with hearts of downtown Montpelier by an unknown party has happened again. Hundreds of paper hearts were posted across the city on Valentine's Day.

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A Pakistani man prepares balloons for Valentines Day at a street in Islamabad, Pakistan, Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2012.

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Settlers House resident Joe Solmos receives a hug from Abbigail DeLee, a student from YMCA pre-school, in LaPorte, Ind, Tuesday February 14, 2012. The class visited Settlers House residents to celebrate Valentine's Day with them by playing a game and enjoying treats with them.

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Danielle Barone sits with her husband to be Jose Cora before a group Valentine's Day wedding at the National Croquet Center on February 14, 2012 in West Palm Beach, Florida.

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Lela Mc Arthur, right, and Stephanie Figarelle, of Anchorage, Ak., drink champagne after their Valentine's Day wedding ceremony at the Empire State Building, in New York, Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2012. The two women, who met at the University of Alaska, have become the first same-sex couple to be married at the Empire State Building.

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Lovers kiss on a square in Shanghai, China, on Valentine's Day, Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2012.

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Foreign tourists pose before roses arranged in a heart shape at a local floral market on Valentine's Day in Islamabad, Pakistan on Tuesday, Feb 14, 2012.

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Couples share a tender moment during a flash mob to mark Valentine's Day in St. Petersburg, Russia, Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2012. (

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Frank and Kristy Rivera, center, drink a toast after a group wedding in West Palm Beach, Fla. Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2012. Palm Beach County Court Clerk Sharon Bock married between 30 and 40 local couples at the National Croquet Center during a free group wedding ceremony on Valentine's Day. Couples taking part in the special ceremony only pay for their marriage license.

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A red heart-shaped balloon lays in the snow on February 14, 2012, in Frankfurt, Germany.

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