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  • A large man with a shaved head and hairy back is seen from behind as he watches a display by the elite 'Red Arrows', Britain's prestigious Royal Air Force aerobatic team at Weymouth, England. A heart shape which grows from his bald head has been drawn with red smoke in the sky two Hawk jet aircraft taking part in the town's annual air show along the sea front. Such a tough-looking male specimen contrasts with the romance of this valentine symbol helping to make this picture's quirky juxtaposition touching. The Red Arrows use smoke to emphasize their flight-path, help the spectators see their manoeuvres and to make more of an enjoying spectacle. In blue sky they use white smoke for The Heart and red when overcast. We watch the man from below and see him craning his neck skywards, the skin on his thick neck wrinkling as he looks heavy from this angle.

  • A holiday couple from Singapore cuddle together on the cold Austrian ski slopes in Salzburg.

  • A romantic couple walk through London Fields in the London borough of Hackney where, a week before, looters were robbing residents during the London riots.

  • Married couple and veterans with medals of the second world war during 50th aniversary of wartime VE Day in London.

  • Teenage love graffiti has been written in chalk on the Thames flood wall located on the Saxon Shore Way at Gravesend

  • Seen from a low angle inside their open-top classic American car, two openly gay men cuddle up close to look into each other's eyes while holding their favourite cans of Websters Yorkshire bitter (beer). They are attending a classic car rally in Brighton during a Gay Pride festival, that this English seaside town regularly hosts during the hot south coast summers. The large 60s steering wheel is seen in the foreground and the vehicle's leather seat looks shiny clean against the bright light. There is a classic car magazine resting on one man's knee and they are clearly mad about this era of motor transportation.

  • A married couple ready themselves for a formal Buckingham Palace garden party in after sunshine. The lady and man have been invited to take tea with and meet the Queen along with many hundreds more in London England. They are Mr and Mrs Johnson and he is a Flag officer junior rating serving in Britain's Royal Navy. His wife adjusts his Navy cap (denoting his ship's name) to make sure it's straightened and presentable for Her Majesty. It is a proud day for her husband and his spouse, when the achievements of his military career are recognized by his Sovereign. The Queens' garden parties are held ever summer, allowing ordinary men and women from diverse members of society the chance to walk the Palace grounds and meet others from all walks of life. Some may be from the armed services and others , merely known for their charitable work or individual merit.

  • A close-up detail of teenage words, written in marker pen on a young person's arm in the departures concourse of Heathrow Airport's Terminal 5. Holding the handles of her baggage trolley that has an open bag in which we see some possessions, the girl displays the words 'I (heart) love you' and the name of Kentin Bisou. It may be a declaration of true love or just a teenage prank before an adventure starts from this aviation hub. From writer Alain de Botton's book project "A Week at the Airport: A Heathrow Diary" (2009). .

  • A man put his hand in a woman's back pocket while on the Grand Pier at West-super-Mare.

  • Surrounded by the public, a young man walks along feeling his partner's bottom in a busy London street.

  • A young professional couple lie in the sun and share a humerous moment. They sit with their backs to intricate and delicate tiling which depict the Spanish province of Coruna, at the Plaza de España, Seville, Andalucia, Spain. The lady is sitting with her partner's head in her lap, indicating romance and contentedness as she suppresses a giggle. They are both lit by strong sunshine and gives the impression of a perfect moment in their loving relationship. This semicircular enclosure was built by Aníbal González, the great architect of Sevillian regionalism, for the Ibero-American exposition held in 1929.

  • Amid afternoon crowds, a backlit romantic couple walk along Piccadilly holding hands.

  • Boyfriend and girlfriend walk south over London Bridge having passed a man wearing a t-shirt with the slogan Make Your Move.

  • Couple's spontaneous hug during stopped car journey through Glencoe, Scotland.

  • As two young lovers cuddle intimately in Phoenix Gardens, a voyeuristic stranger seemingly looks through bushes.

  • A lonely-looking man spends his lunchtime in an empty urban landscape near a kissing couple in London.

  • A young girl is groped on the breast by an amorous male acquaintance during a karaoke night in the City of London.

  • Young adolescent couples kiss and cuddle in a dark corner of a Gatecrashers' Ball in London, England. Three boys and girls dressed in formal evening-wear have been consuming alcohol during the evening and are groping and snogging. The Gatecrasher Ball was an eighties phenomenon conceived by Edward Ormus Sharington Davenport whose parties catered for Public School students. Labled as excessive and out of control events, Davenport charged .£14 a ticket, for often 3,000 kids although he was later fined for tax evasion. .

  • A mature romantic couple kiss and cuddle in a London street.

  • Oxford University student lovers walk through cobbled Radcliffe Square with All Souls College right and Radcliffe Camera left.

  • Young lovers embrace in bus station at Arrivals after long absence aprt at Heathrow's terminal 5.

  • Young lovers say tearful farewells in departures concourse of Heathrow airport's terminal 5.

  • Amid the hectic arrivals concourse of Heathrow airport's T5, a young couple kiss and embrace after a few weeks separation.

  • A departing lover hugs her boyfriend farewell before her long-haul flight in the Departures concourse at Heathrow Airport's T5

  • A departing lover hugs her boyfriend farewell before her long-haul flight in the Departures concourse at. Heathrow Airport's Terminal 5. While embracing her young man, she gazes off into the distance amid the otherwise busy airport terminal where the emotions of parting as well as the joys of reunited loved-ones are played out in various parts of aviation hubs around the world. They are both in their own worlds, removed from the noise and confusion of other passengers. Her departure is brief and yet their sadness of being separated is plainly too much to bear. From writer Alain de Botton's book project "A Week at the Airport: A Heathrow Diary" (2009). .

  • Honeymoon couple on their return home after a holiday in the Maldives return home in economy class, happy.

  • Young couple hug outside the spotted shop window of Urban Outfitters in central London.

  • As a couple embrace, a commuter descends the steps from the bright daylight to the dark of the London Underground, before making his way home from Royal Exchange at Bank Triangle by tube. Behind him are the tall and solid Corinthian pillars of the 3rd Royal Exchange built in 1842 by Sir William Tite.

  • Despite a gloriously bright summer afternoon, we see a depressing corner of Southend-on-Sea's Adventure Island. A young couple sits on some white towels in front of a wall that is adorned with graffiti and has its paint rubbed away. It is a scene of squalor and desolation in a town that makes revenue from the day-tripper holiday market. Since Victorian times, many Londoners have traditionally come to this south-east coast on the Thames Estuary, close to the capital. Towns like this have seen a marked decline since the advent of the package tourism in favour of exotic beaches in Spain.

  • A young black couple enjoy each other's company on the sea defence wall while on holiday at Minehead, Somerset.

  • Young couple sit on an early, quiet Blackpool North Pier in Lancashire.

  • Young lovers pass an expensive wedding dress on display in the window of the bridal shop Atelier Aimee on Florence's Borgo degli Albizi street. Arm in arm the couple walk on by, unable to afford such an extravagant item of clothing for their future wedding day. Contemporary graffiti adorns the far wall below old frescoes that may be medieval but the only colour in this scene is from the lit shop window and dress and of the people.

  • A shop display in London's Sloane Street uses a portrait of the British royal wedding couple as a wedding theme. 24 hours before their royal marriage in London, the faces of Prince William and his wife-to-be Kate Middleton are on a framed photograph among mannequins dressed in formal top hats and smart shirts and ties. Taking place on Friday 30th April in front of millions of Britons and foreign tourists (many American), the crowds are already gathering at prime locations along the procession route.

  • Neighbours and friends in Burbage Road, Dulwich south London, celebrate the royal wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton (now called the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge). Across the UK, 5,500 formal road closures (825 in London) were arranged with local authorities and residents held traffic-free events, the like of which haven't been seen since the ill-fated wedding of Charles and Diana in 1981 - in the traditions of Victorian and end of war eras. .

  • Family stands with Scottish piper at Gretna Green, where Britain's wedding couples converge on for a quickie marriage.

  • Chinese bride walks behind her new husband dusing photoshoot walk in Florence's Piazza degli Uffizi.

  • Holding a tiny bouquet of flowers, a small bride doll is on display in the window of a small antique shop in the Somerset town of Burnham-on-sea.

  • Honeymooners cuddle in front of a British Airways 747 before their round-the-world adventure from Heathrow Airport's T5

  • As the late light turns into twilight blue, the warm orange glow of two caravan campers can be seen through both the front and rear windows of their caravan at the Trewethett Farm Caravan Club Site, Tintagel, Cornwall. The wife watches TV at the back while the husband reads his newspaper shows the small world that caravanners enclose themselves in when on a camping holiday. Caravanning is one the favourite leisure pastimes in Britain, its association, the elite Caravan Club, was founded in 1907 and now represents nearly 1 million members (caravanners, motor caravanners and trailer tenters) and has an annual turnover of £86 million. On the open road, the caravan is as ridiculed and despised for its slowness and the width it occupies on narrow country lanes.

  • Deflated valentines balloons blow in the wind, snagged in branches of an urban tree beneath a City of London office block. .

From old fashioned courting and public displays of affection to the grope, the snog and ultimately, the white wedding.

A 40-picture gallery of couples, love and romance seen around the world.
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