Photos: How they got married despite COVID-19 outbreak

Couples around the world tie the knot amid the coronavirus pandemic

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1/20
A newly-wed Christian couple ride on a scooter after their marriage ceremony during the ongoing nationwide COVID-19 lockdown, in Amritsar.
PTI
2/20
Newly married couple Rachel and Sebastian Vasquez adjust their masks for the first time as husband and wife after a ceremony at the Glencliff Manor in Rustburg, Virginia. The Glencliff Manor officiates free, socially distanced ceremonies for couples left with no wedding plans during the coronavirus pandemic. Only ten people are allowed at each hour-long ceremony.
AFP
3/20
Bridegroom Ma Jialun (C) and bride Zhang Yitong (R) during their livestreamed wedding ceremony in Hangzhou in China's eastern Zhejiang province. Like many couples in the era of social distancing, Chinese lovebirds Ma Jialun and Zhang Yitong had their wedding online -- with a twist: They invited over 100,000 strangers to watch a livestream of the ceremony.
AFP
4/20
An Indian couple performs marriage rituals wearing a protective mask on their wedding after the government eased a nationwide lockdown imposed as a preventive measure against the spread of the COVID-19 in New Delhi.
ANI
5/20
Italian Ester Concilio (L) and Rafaele Carbonelli wearing protective masks and gloves holds wedding rings during the ceremony at the Briosco's town hall, about 45 km ( 28 miles) north of Milan.
AFP
6/20
Groom Vitthal Koditkar (L) of Hirpodi village speaks with his bride Vrushali Renuse (R) of Pabe village and family members after their wedding during a government-imposed nationwide lockdown as a preventive measure against the COVID-19 coronavirus, at Pabe village in Pune district.
AFP
7/20
Bride and groom wearing face masks ride a bike after they get married, during the nationwide lockdown to curb the spread of coronavirus in Jammu.
PTI
8/20
Newlyweds Eduardo Camacho (L) and Jenny Gutierrez have rice thrown on them after getting married at a civil status registration office amid the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Montevideo, Uruguay.
Reuters
9/20
A newly-wed couple wearing masks leave after their marriage ceremony concluded during the ongoing nationwide COVID-19 lockdown at Pabe village in Pune.
PTI
10/20
Indonesian couple Mohamad Nurjaman and Ugi Lestari Widya Bahri greet their family members by video conference after their wedding ceremony on the outskirts of Jakarta, Indonesia.
Reuters
11/20
The bridal couple Janine and Philip wears face masks during an interview after their wedding at a Drive-in cinema in Duesseldorf, Germany.
AP
12/20
Lane and Christine Abraben depart their drive-thru wedding ceremony on a bicycle built for two after they were married at the Family and Civil courthouse in Gainesville, Fla. Couples unable to have a traditional wedding because of the coronavirus pandemic took part in the drive-thru wedding ceremonies.
AP
13/20
An Iraqi couple is seen at their wedding during a curfew imposed to prevent the spread of the coronavirus disease, in the holy city of Karbala, Iraq.
Reuters
14/20
Newly married couple Rachel and Sebastian Vasquez poses for pictures after their wedding ceremony at the Glencliff Manor in Rustburg, Virginia.
AFP
15/20
Superintendent of Police (Headquarters) Surinderpal Singh along with other police personnel greets a newly-wed couple, whose marriage was solemnised in a simple ceremony, respecting COVID-19 lockdown guidelines in Bathinda.
PTI
16/20
Ravi Shrestha puts on the wedding ring on Soni Shrestha as they get married, during the forty-third day of the lockdown imposed by the government amid concerns about the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Kathmandu, Nepal.
Reuters
17/20
Nan Yang and Paul Erb wear their wedding attire as they walk among tulips at Commissioners Park in Ottawa, Otario during the Canadian Tulip Festival.
AP
18/20
Deepika Subbiah and Michael Cicoria each come from large families. They had hoped to celebrate their wedding with more than 300 guests. Those plans changed during Covid. They had a simple wedding ceremony in Philadelphia, the couple’s pit bull, Domino, was in attendance.
New York Times
19/20
Bride and groom get married amid the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic in Ramallah, West Bank.
AFP
20/20
This young couple in Anaheim, California, pose for a picture after taking their wedding vows over a two-way radio in a parking lot . Marriage services have resumed for couples whose nuptials were postponed during the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19).
Reuters

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