'Love among the ruins': mystery kiss picture during Vancouver riot goes viral

By Glenda Kwek
Updated November 9 2012 - 9:30pm, first published June 16 2011 - 11:12pm
Posed ... a photo taken by Robert Doisneau outside Paris city hall in 1950 featuring Francoise Bornet and Jacques Carteaud kissing.
Posed ... a photo taken by Robert Doisneau outside Paris city hall in 1950 featuring Francoise Bornet and Jacques Carteaud kissing.
Hoax ... some have suggested the picture was made to look like this famous shot of a sailor kissing a nurse in Times Square in New York.
Hoax ... some have suggested the picture was made to look like this famous shot of a sailor kissing a nurse in Times Square in New York.
Hoax ... some have suggested the picture was made to look like this famous shot of a sailor kissing a nurse in Times Square in New York.
Hoax ... some have suggested the picture was made to look like this famous shot of a sailor kissing a nurse in Times Square in New York.

It's been called the "Vancouver riot kiss" and "love among the ruins".

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