LOVE IS IN THE AIR LITERALLY !!!

SECURING LOVE

Paramilitary recruits form a heart shape on a basketball court during a media event in Wenzhou, Zhejiang province February 12, 2009, to celebrate Valentine's Day. In a sign of the increasing influence of Western customs on Chinese culture, Valentine's Day, or "the celebration of love", has become hugely popular and a big business in newly-affluent China.

CUPIDS ENEMY

Activists from Bharatiya Janata Party Mahila Morcha tear up a billboard and burst the balloons on it during a protest against Valentine's Day celebrations in Hyderabad February 13, 2009. Valentine's Day is celebrated 

THE OCEAN PROPOSAL

Divers stage a play on the eve of Valentine's Day inside Manila Ocean Park's 'oceanarium' 

ABOVE AND ALL

Couples take part in a wife-carrying competition ahead of Valentine's Day in Hong Kong.

SEA LOVE

A couple swims with a turtle during Valentine's Day celebration at an oceanarium in Fuzhou.

LOVE BIRDS

Parrots play with a rose during a performance ahead of Valentine's Day, at a safari park in Shenzhen

INTIMATE MOMENTS

A couple participates in a kissing contest at a shopping mall in Hefei, Anhui province February 14, 2009. Nine couples took part in the contest as part of celebrations for Valentine's Day.

RUNING FOR TRUE LOVE

Brides run after the start of the "True Love... Fears No Distance" race on Valentine's Day in Pattaya February 14, 2009. Brides run more than 300 meters (984 ft) before they find their grooms and jump on their backs to be carried for more than 500 meters (1,640 ft) to the finish line in this race organised for couples wanting to prove their love.

SELLING HEARTS

A man sells heart shaped balloons on Valentine's Day in Islamabad

FLORAL ATTIRE

A florist prepares red carnations at a flower shop on Valentine's Day in Tirana February 14, 2009.