Through the Lens: Asia's Valentine's Day and more
Customers shop for rose bouquets at the Dounan Flower Market to celebrate Valentine's Day on Feb. 13 in Kunming, Yunnan Province of China. Sales of flowers soared ahead of Valentine's Day on Feb. 14. (Photo by Liu Ranyang/Getty Images)
A couple signs their marriage documents during a marriage registration service organized by the Bang Rak district office to celebrate Valentine's Day in Bangkok on Feb. 14. (Photo by Anusak Laowilas/Getty Images)
Visitors take selfies with Ava and Luna, two golden tigers, during an early birthday gift (a pumpkin-wrapped meat cake) event on Valentine's Day at Chiang Mai Night Safari. Chiang Mai Night Safari celebrated Valentine's Day and an early 4th birthday for Ava and Luna who turned 4 years old on Feb. 16. (Photo by Pongmanat Tasiri/Getty Images)
A couple poses for a photo in front of the pink heart installation at Lee Tung Street on Valentine's Day on Feb. 14 in Hong Kong. (Photo by Li Zhihua/Getty Images)
People are showered in flower petals in Xirun City, China, on Feb. 14. (Photo by Costfoto/Getty Images)
The Shanghai Custom House and SPD Bank building are reflected in a puddle of water as people walk with umbrellas in Shanghai on Feb. 14. (Photo by Go Nakamura/Rueters)
Filipino LGBT couples tie the knot in a mass wedding ceremony to mark Valentine's Day on Feb. 14 in Quezon city, Manila. The symbolic ceremony took place even as same sex unions remain illegal in the Philippines. More than two decades after the first anti-discrimination bill based on sexual orientation and gender identity was introduced by lawmakers, the Philippines has yet to enact it into law. (Photo by Ezra Acayan/Getty Images)
Artists dance during an event organized for Valentine's Day at a shopping mall in Noida, India, on Feb. 14. (Photo by Sunil Ghosh/Getty Images)
Members of the LGBTQ community during Lovers Pride Parade-Prem Rang Mahotsav on Valentine's Day on Feb. 14 in Patna, India. (Photo by Santosh Kumar/Getty Images)
A man plays Cricket in Colombo, Sri Lanka on Feb. 14. (Photo by Robert Cianflone/Getty Images)
A Kashmiri Shia Muslim girl prays and lights candles on the grave of her family member while observing Shab-e-Barat, the festival celebrated by seeking forgiveness and repenting, at a cemetery in Srinagar on Feb. 13. (Photo by Sharafat Ali/Reuters)
A drone view of Wat Asokaram Temple during a ceremony commemorating Makha Bucha Day in Samut Prakan province outside of Bangkok on Feb. 12. (Athit Perawongmetha/Reuters)
Models wearing traditional Hanfu costumes pose in front of the Ruins of St. Paul's Church on Feb. 12 in Macao. The 15th day of the first month on the Chinese lunar calendar marks the Lantern Festival, which fell on Feb. 12 this year. (Photo by Zheng Jiawei/Getty Images)
A man covers his face with his T-shirt to protect himself from pollution, in Dhaka on Feb. 8. (Photo by Mahmud Hossain Opu/AP)
A panda cub looks on during the debut ceremony for six-month-old twin panda cubs at Ocean Park in Hong Kong on Feb. 15. (Photo by Lam Yik/Reuters)
Passengers jostle to board a train at a Patna railway station, amid the ongoing Maha Kumbh Mela festival of Prayagraj on Feb. 16 in Patna, India. (Photo by Santosh Kumar/Getty Images)
Children sit inside Kamakura, or snow huts, in Yokote, Akita prefecture in norhwestern Japan on Feb. 14 ahead of an annual snow festival featuring snow shelters measuring 3.5 meters in diameter and 3 meters in height. (Photo by Kyodo)
