A man carries a large teddy bear for his girlfriend along Swanston Street in Melbourne, Australia.

Iraqis shop at a Valentine's Day gift store in Baghdad

An Iranian woman gazes at the window display of a gift shop in Tehran.

Protesters call for the ouster of Philippines President Gloria Arroyo on Valentine's Day in Manila. Arroyo’s political opponents, who implicate her in a corruption scandal, are organizing a major demonstration for Feb. 15.

A Palestinian vendor stands in front of his shop, decorated for Valentine’s Day, in the West Bank city of Jenin.

Pakistani activists of the Jamiat Ulama Islam Party torch Valentine’s Day imagery during a protest in Karachi. Valentine's Day, which is named after a Christian patron saint for lovers, has gained popularity in Muslim-dominated Pakistan over the past few years—but the love is not universally shared.

Visitors enjoy taking a chocolate bath in Hakone, Japan. It’s customary for Japanese women to give chocolates to the men in their lives on Valentine's Day, and this hot-springs complex offers a creative way to do it.

Cows eat Valentine’s Day flowers in Rafah, Gaza. Palestinian farmers dumped two truckloads of flowers at the border to protest Israeli restrictions that prevented them from exporting their blooms to Europe.

Young Chinese lovers hold a rose on Valentine's Day in Beijing.