Dragobete: The Romanian Valentine’s Day
In Romania, Dragobete is the Romanian equivalent of Valentine's Day where lovers express their sentiments to each other and often make symbolic engagements for their eventual nuptials. Dragobete is celebrated on February 24 and this year, hundreds of lovers in Bucharest participated in an attempt to break a Guinness World Record for the longest love letter in the world. In the photos below, contributors scribble some words of affection on a board to help the cause. The Guinness World record attempt runs until 10PM, Romania time.
A heart for HIV/AIDS awareness
A team of school children use their bodies to form the outline of a heart with a red ribbon in the center at an HIV/AIDS awareness campaign on Valentine's Day. The event took place in the city of Chandigarh in northern India. 
Valentine’s Day, the Universal Holiday
From Berlin to Beijing, and back again, vendors around the world hawked Valentine's Day trinkets, treats, and treasures as hearts beat and pulses quickened for the annual celebration of love.
Photo credit: Ed Jones / AFP, Stephanie Pilick / AFP, Faisal Mahmood / Reuters
Hearts (The Valentines Day Video)
Hearts (The Valentines Day Video) by Moist Creation
A collection of over 30 Hearts in 40 seconds.
Happy Valentines Day!
Original Song by Stefano Mocini
Vapor trail heart over Zhokovskiy, Moscow
Stunt pilots flying Russian Sukhoi jets at the annual International Aviation and Space Salon air show in Zhokovskiy, Moscow, scribed a heart with an arrow piercing through it with contrails on February 14, 2012. Photographer Maria Mashkova captured three jets as they carved the cloudy heart in the sky. Mashkova said, "It was unexpected, suddenly two jets drew a heart in the sky above our heads. And the third jet flew through the heart like an arrow. I have only been photographing for a year and I was really pleased with the results of the photograph. Love was in the air you could say, and I am still amazed by the skill of those pilots."
Valentine’s Day flash mob in Stavropol, Russia
A flash mob organized by a television station in Stavropol, Russia, saw couples kissing and cavorting for Valentine's day on February 13, 2012. The red helium-filled, heart-shaped balloons added to the love and romance. Sort of.
Hearts made of buttons for Valentine’s Day
Indian artist Harwinder Singh Gill holds aloft a pair of hearts made from approximately 600 red buttons for Valentine's Day, on February 13, 2012. Gill unveiled his latest creation in Amritsar located in northwestern India.
Valentine’s Day Heart for Penguins
An African penguin (Spheniscus demersus) named Howard holds a paper Valentine's Day heart in his beak which bears a special message that was given to him by a visitor at the California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco, California, on February 13, 2012.
Photo credit: Jeff Chiu / AP
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