A will-you-marry-me pomp

Zhang Ge and his girlfriend Fan Jinling pose for photographs in front of a giant LCD billboard that displays a one-minute video clip Zhang arranged for his unannounced proposal at a crowded thoroughfare in downtown Changchun, capital of northeast China's Jilin province, on Sunday, June 27, 2010. In order to win over his sweetheart, Zhang choreographed a sensational courtship that included a guitar impromptu and a toy helicopter, culminating in the video clip permitted for display only after Zhang's application to local authorities. He popped the question, and she said yes. The wooing pomp cost Zhang 3,000 yuan ($441). [Photo/CFP]