When The World Fell In Love

IMAGE: A couple dressed in traditional Bengali attire stopped for a moment of joy outside the Victoria Memorial monument in Kolkata.
The spring festival, Basant Panchami was also celebrated on the same day.
Photograph: Sahiba Chawdhary/Reuters

IMAGE: Tirana, Albania, served up a sweet reminder in case you had forgotten this special day.
Photograph: Florion Goga/Reuters

IMAGE: Designer Anya Hindmarch's giant inflatable 'Chubby Hearts' installation in Hong Kong was a perfect selfie spot.
Photograph: Lam Yik/Reuters

IMAGE: Here's a new variation of carrying your bride over the threshold.
Komsan Doichaiyapoom-Wilaiwan Pikulkaew and Paichayon Chaloemlom-Suwanna Buachubai got married on Valentine's Day celebration and captured the moment on the newly constructed bridge that parallels the Rama IX Bridge in Bangkok.
Photograph: Chalinee Thirasupa/Reuters

IMAGE: It could not get more romantic for Jean Carlos Gomez and Nube Orellana, who kissed each other after exchanging wedding vows on Valentine's Day in front of a heart shaped ice sculpture at Times Square, New York.
Photograph: Mike Segar/Reuters

IMAGE: Yes, it's the day of roses, this vendor at the Adderley Street Flower Market in Cape Town seems to be saying.
Photograph: Esa Alexander/Reuters

IMAGE: POTUS and FLOTUS's V-Day message to America dotted the lawn at the White House.
Photograph: Kevin Lamarque/Reuters

IMAGE: Valentine's Day is for pets too.
These heart-shaped cookies were shared with volunteers at the Philippine Animal Welfare Society's annual 'FURst Date' event.
Their aim is to encourage animal lovers to adopt rescues.
Photograph: Eloisa Lopez/Reuters

IMAGE: Valentine's Day saw a lovely mass wedding at Ciudad Nezahualcoyotl, Mexico.
Photograph: Luis Cortes/Reuters

IMAGE: A couple poses during a symbolic wedding event on Valentine's Day at the Torre Latinoamericana in Mexico City, Mexico.
Photograph: Henry Romero/Reuters

IMAGE: A heart outlined with gunny bags and filled with onions -- this Surat vendor had the right marketing idea. Photograph: ANI Photo

IMAGE: Even hotels have hearts -- lit windows at the Azimut Hotel in Moscow were used to create one on Valentine's Day.
Photograph: Shamil Zhumatov/Reuters