Liverpool, England — Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, is presented with a rose during a visit to the Alder Hey Children's Hospital. The duchess visited charities Tuesday on her first Valentine's Day as a married woman, while more than 7,900 miles away her husband Prince William, is on a six-week posting in the Falkland Islands as part of his role as an Royal Air Force search-and-rescue pilot.

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Frankfurt, Germany — One red balloon lies in the street on a snowy Valentine's Day in Frankfurt.

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Berlin — Pia Walter and Maxence Lepesant kiss in an inflatable "pop-up" church during their wedding rehearsal.

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Berlin — A woman tugs on a ribbon holding a Valentine's Day balloon to a fence.

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Shanghai — A couple kiss for 60 seconds to receive free food in a kissing competition at a cafe. What, no heart-shaped balloons?

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Warsaw — A girl meets a vendor selling (of course) heart-shaped balloons on a chilly Valentine's Day in Warsaw.

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Durbach, Germany — A tractor rolls through a vineyard after southern parts of Germany received a new blanket of snow.

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Obilic, Kosovo — Steam billows through the air as a security worker makes his rounds amid the ice-covered cooling towers of Kosovo's main power plant.

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Cairo — An Egyptian protester lies in one of several mock graves dug symbolically in Tahrir Square for former President Hosni Mubarak and members of the ruling military council.

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Washington — People of Chinese descent wave flags and cheer near the White House to welcome China's vice president, Xi Jinping.

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Jakarta, Indonesia — A man is hustled away by police after being detained during a protest against the hardline Muslim group Islamic Defender Front. Some 200 Indonesians converged on a Jakarta square to denounce the Islamic vigilante group known for its armed attacks on minorities and moderates.

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Berlin — A Dalmatian Pelican swims in the ice cold water at the zoo in Berlin.

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