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STILLS
"Love Is Blind" Atlanta Screening & Reception
Paras Griffin/Getty Images
Rear view of multiethnic teenagers at prom
kali9/Getty Images
Footloose
CBS Photo Archive/Getty Images
"Titanic"
CBS Photo Archive/Getty Images
City break
Petri Oeschger/Getty Images
Caucasian couple kissing near railing at night
Kateryna Soroka/Getty Images
Couple flirting on train
Flashpop/Getty Images
Woman video conferencing with boyfriend on digital tablet
PhotoAlto/Frederic Cirou/Getty Images
Teenagers and young adults in formalwear at party
kali9/Getty Images
ABC's "Bachelor in Paradise" Season Three
Rick Rowell/Getty Images
Teenage boy attaching corsage to prom date
Hill Street Studios/Getty Images
Smart phone love connection
PM Images/Getty Images
Diamond Mountain
Charles O'Rear/Getty Images
Richard Gere And Julia Roberts In 'Pretty Woman'
Hulton Archive/Getty Images
Matthew McConaughey And Jennifer Lopez In 'The Wedding Planner'
Archive Photos/Getty Images
Heath Ledger And Julia Stiles In '10 Things I Hate About You'
Archive Photos/Getty Images
Larisa Oleynik And Joseph GordonLevitt In '10 Things I Hate About You'
Archive Photos/Getty Images
Multiethnic couple dancing
Hill Street Studios/Getty Images
Poor Shiite family in Iraq celebrates engagement of daughter
Scott Peterson/Getty Images
Clear the Dance Floor
Fotos International/Getty Images
An Iraqi man arranges wedding dresses at
AHMAD ALRUBAYE/Getty Images
Iraqis Celebrate Marriage Despite Tough Times
Marco Di Lauro/Getty Images


EXTERNAL CREDITS
Huda AlMarashi
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