Palestinians hold mass weddings

Palestinian couples pose for pictures with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas (C) during a mass wedding ceremony in the West Bank city of Jericho Jan 28, 2014. A spokesman working together with the Palestinian Presidential Office said some 300 Palestinian couples, 80 of them from the Gaza Strip, wedded on Tuesday in the mass ceremony funded by the Presidential Office and attended by Abbas. Each couple would also be given $4,000, the spokesman said. [Photo/Agencies]