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In pictures: Valentine's Day around the world
St Valentine's Day, celebrated around the world on 14 February, has been unable to escape controversy.
The Chinese authorities are suspicious of the religious origins of the celebrations, while conservative Hindus in India consider Valentine's Day to be an alien Western import.
However, neither ideological objection or militant intervention appears to have been able to check the growing international popularity of this day.
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Parisians release white doves in front of a wall with 1,000 'I Love You' in 300 languages
In atheist China, flowers may be confiscated - but observance of the day catches on regardless
Indian protesters disrupted festivities which they consider against Hindu culture
But there were no religious objections in neighbouring Bangladesh
Shops in the United Arab Emirates cash in on the occasion
Tonnes of love in Thailand, where conservationists organised an elephant wedding
English swans are not shy of a public display of affection
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