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Valentine’s Day around the world

From San Francisco to Sri Lanka, China to Cuba, love and romance know no boundaries. See the many ways Cupid’s favorite holiday is celebrated across the globe.

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Valentine's Day celebrations around the world

A man delivers a giant heart-shaped flower wreath for Valentine's Day on February 14 in Mumbai, India.

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Montpelier, Vt.

Paper hearts hang on a window on Valentine's Day in Montpelier, Vt. The annual tradition of plastering Montpelier's downtown area with valentine hearts has happened again. A person known as the "Valentine's Phantom" has been putting up the hearts for over 10 years.

Toby Talbot / AP
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Beijing, China

A couple dressed in traditional Chinese costumes have wedding portraits made on Valentine's Day in Beijing, China on February 14, 2013. Young Chinese couples have embraced the Western concept of Valentine's Day with hawkers selling roses and chocolates.

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Image: A man waits for customers to buy his flower arrangements as Valentine's Day gifts at his stall in Havana

Havana, Cuba

A man waits for customers to buy his flower arrangements as Valentine's Day gifts at his stall in Havana, on February 13, 2013.

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Image: Handout of five-year-old jaguar \"Nindiri\" licking a heart-shaped Valentine's Day at San Diego Zoo

San Diego, Calif.

Five-year-old jaguar "Nindiri" licks a heart-shaped Valentine's Day treat of frozen beef blood, beef hearts and pieces of meat at the San Diego Zoo on February 13, 2013. The jaguar family received the "bloodcicles" as an enrichment treat from zoo keepers, important for the cats, as it keeps the animal stimulated and active, allowing them to show their natural behaviours, according to the zoo.

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London, England

Red balloons float past the Statue of Anteros (Eros) in London, England during a Valentine's Day photocall at Piccadilly Circus to mark 'Love London' day.

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Beijing, China

A woman holds a bouquet of Valentine's Day roses as well as single roses for sale as she walks through a crowded shopping district in Beijing on Thursday, Feb. 14, 2013.

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Gaza City, Palestinian territories

Palestinian girls walk in front of a shop decorated for Valentine's Day, in Gaza City, on Thursday, Feb. 14, 2013.

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Manila, Philippines

Couples stand in a queue at a gymnasium for a mass wedding in Manila on February 14, 2013. Some 400 couples exchanged vows inside a packed gymnasium on the outskirts of Manila's Makati financial district, as a school band played love songs that drowned out the heavy traffic outside.

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Islamabad, Pakistan

A Pakistani youth poses for a picture taken by his friend in front of a big red heart made of flowers displayed outside a flower shop on Valentine's Day in Islamabad, Pakistan on Thursday, Feb. 14, 2013.

While some conservatives in Pakistan believe the holiday is a western-inspired event helping to spread vulgarity in their country and have put up posters calling on people to boycott the holiday, romantics are fighting back with an arsenal of flowers, pink teddy bears and heart-shaped balloons.

Muhammed Muheisen / AP
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Islamabad, Pakistan

A Pakistani youth pushes his motorcycle, with balloons that he hopes to sell on Valentine's Day, in Islamabad.

Muhammed Muheisen / AP
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HMS Monmouth

They may be far from home, but sailors serving on the HMS Monmouth show exactly where their hearts - and thoughts - are. They form a heart-shaped salute 13 February 2013 on the deck of the frigate while on a seventh month tour of duty in the Gulf in a counter-piracy operation.

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Qingdao, China

Couples kiss on stage at the Qingdao Olympic Sailing Center during a kissing contest on Valentine's Day. Nine couples took part in the contest to celebrate Valentine's Day.

Lee / EPA
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San Francisco, Calif.

An African Penguin holds a Valentine's Day card at the California Academy of Sciences on February 13, 2013 in San Francisco, California. In honor of Valentine's Day, the colony of African Penguins at the California Academy of Sciences received heart-shaped red valentines with handwritten messages from Academy visitors.

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Colombo, Sri Lanka

A Sri Lankan seafood vendor arranges fried prawns, a Sri Lankan delicacy, at his stall on the Galle Face Beach on Valentine's Day in Colombo on Feb. 14, 2013. In mainly Buddhist Sri Lanka, Valentine's Day is mainly a marketing opportunity for hotels and gift shops.

Ishara S.kodikara / AFP
Image: A boy looks on as he stands with his father with a rose placed on his belt while they shop for gifts on Valentine's Day in Sanaa

Sanaa, Yemen

A boy looks on as he stands with his father, wearing a rose tucked into his belt, while they shop for gifts on Valentine's Day in Sanaa, Yemen on February 14, 2013.

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Qingdao, China

A couple kissing on stage at the Qingdao Olympic Sailing Center during a kissing contest on Valentine's Day.

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Nablus, West Bank

A Palestinian woman adjusts a feathered scarf on a mannequin at a lingerie shop, decorated for Valentine's Day, in the West Bank city of Nablus.

Nasser Ishtayeh / AP
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Lampang, Thailand

Thai mahouts on their elephants gather with Valentine's Day balloons as they greet tourists at the Lampang, Thailand, Elephant Center on 14 February 2013. They ride to a special post office box for 'lovers' to mail their Valentine's Day cards and greetings.

David Longstreath / EPA
Image: Palestine gears up for Valentines Day

Gaza Strip, Palestinian Territory

Palestinians dress their shop up with roses, teddy bears and gifts to sell to couples and singles in love before Valentine's Day in Gaza City.

Majdi Fathi / Corbis
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Central Helmand, Afghanistan

A member of the 40 Commando Royal Marines prepares for Valentines Day by sending a card and message of love to his girlfriend, at MOB Price, Central Helmand, Afghanistan, on 12 February 2013.

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Image: Shetland ponies, male Silver and female Zorka, are seen dressed as a groom and a bride at the Royev Ruchey zoo on the surburbs of Russia's Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk

Krasnoyarsk, Russia

A male Shetland pony, named Silver (l.), and a female, Zorka (r.) were dressed up as a groom and bride at the Royev Ruchey Zoo, on the suburbs of Russia's Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk on February 14, 2013. Employees of the zoo arranged a wedding between the ponies to mark Valentine's day.

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Image: A woman holding a heart-shaped balloon walks with her partner at a residential area for migrant workers on Valentine's Day in Beijing

Beijing, China

A woman holding a heart-shaped balloon walks with her partner at a residential area for migrant workers on Valentine's Day in Beijing.

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