Romantic Kisses Around the World

Michael and Marcia of Fort Collins, CO, kiss atop Loveland Ski Area in Colorado prior to the start of the 20th Annual Marry Me & Ski Free Mountaintop Matrimony on Valentine's Day. More than 75 couples were pre-registered to marry or renew their vows on the Continental Divide in this yearly Loveland tradition.

Chang kisses Wu after she accepts his wedding proposal during the Taiwan International Hot Air Balloon Festival in the Taiwanese township of Luye.

A young couple kiss next to their personal "love lock," which was locked on some time ago. Thousands of so-called “love padlocks” hang from a fence across the Hohenzollern Bridge in Cologne, Germany. Love locks are a growing phenomenon in cities across Europe, and are left behind by couples as a symbol of their love for each another.

A couple kiss and embrace at a sunrise service at Stonehenge in Wiltshire, England.

Tech Sgt. Cecilio Ricardo kisses his wife Lalaine upon his arrival at Baltimore/Washington International Airport. Ricardo was among the last of more than 300 Air Force personnel to return home from Iraq.

When’s the last time you were kissed by a giraffe? A visitor offers food, in pellet-form, to one of them at the Giraffe Centre near Nairobi, Kenya.

Christina Careaga (R) and Hannah Thielmann kiss as they celebrate NYC’s ruling to allow gay marriage, during the city’s annual Gay Pride March.

A couple kiss on the Pont des Arts pedestrian bridge in Paris. The bridge, which crosses the Seine River, has been featured in many movies and TV shows, including <i>Sex and the City</i>.

Bhutan’s royal couple, King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck and Queen Jetsun Pema Wangchuck, kiss in front of thousands of fellow citizens at the celebration ground at ChangLeme Thang in Thimphu, Bhutan.

Revelers kiss during the 17th Woodstock Festival in the Polish town of Kostrzyn, on the country’s border with Germany.

We thought this was creative. A tourist poses for a picture with the Sphinx at the Great Pyramids of Giza near Cairo.

A couple embrace among the tents on the third day of the Glastonbury Festival in Worthy Farm, Somerset.

Aquarists Kathryn O'Connor and James Oliver kiss in an underwater wedding ceremony on Valentine's Day at the Sea Life London Aquarium.

A couple kiss during a rally known as a "kissing marathon for education" in Santiago, Chile, to demand change in the country’s public state education system.

Fred Wood of Texas kisses his just-wed wife Zits Yun from Ukraine after getting married in Las Vegas.

A young couple kiss by the fountain at Revolution Square in Mexico City during Valentine's Day.