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01 Jun 2015, Paris, France --- Paris, France. 1st June 2015 -- While workers make good progress in removing love locks attached to the Pont des Arts, there are many more to go. -- The city of Paris has started removing millions of so-called love locks from its historic bridges due to safety and aesthetic concerns. At Pont des Arts, workers cut away panels covered in locks, each one estimated to weigh on average about 400kg. --- Image by © Tim Anger/Demotix/Corbis
Pont des Arts, ParisTim Anger—Demotix/Corbis
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01 Jun 2015, Paris, France --- Paris, France. 1st June 2015 -- While workers make good progress in removing love locks attached to the Pont des Arts, there are many more to go. -- The city of Paris has started removing millions of so-called love locks from its historic bridges due to safety and aesthetic concerns. At Pont des Arts, workers cut away panels covered in locks, each one estimated to weigh on average about 400kg. --- Image by © Tim Anger/Demotix/Corbis
Pont des Arts, ParisTim Anger—Demotix/Corbis
Locks bearing names and dates hang on the Ponte dell'Accademia (Academia bridge) spanning the Grand Canal in Venice, northern Italy, Saturday, May 25, 2013, where romantics have taken the habit of attaching love padlocks to the metal hand rails of the bridge as a symbol of undying love. In the background the church of Santa Maria della Salute. (AP Photo/Domenico Stinellis)
Ponte dell'Accademia, VeniceDomenico Stinellis—AP
PRAGUE-LOVE-PADLOCKS
Charles Bridge, PragueMichal Cizek—AFP/Getty Images
Couple takes a selfie in front of trees covered with "love locks" at N Seoul Tower located atop Mt. Namsan in central Seoul
Mt. Namsan, SeoulKim Hong-Ji—Reuters
Love locks in front of ECB
Eiserner Steg, FrankfurtBoris Roessler—picture-alliance/dpa/AP
POLAND-WARSAW-LOVE-PADLOCKS-BRIDGE
'Lovers' Bridge' in the Wilanow district, WarsawJanek Skarzynski—AFP/Getty Images
IRAQ-PEACE-OFFBEAT
A bridge in the city of Hillah, south of BaghdadHaidar Hamdani—AFP/Getty Images
Blizzard Barrels Into New York City
Brooklyn Bridge, New YorkAndrew Burton—Getty Images
Padlocks symbolising people's romantic relationships are attached at a gate on painted segments of the East Side Gallery in Berlin
East Side Gallery, part of the former Berlin Wall, BerlinFabrizio Bensch—Reuters
'Love locks' in Moscow
Bolotnaya Bridge, Moscow Anadolu Agency/Getty Images

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