Patricia, who is pregnant, and Obelson, who got married in a joint ceremony with another pregnant couple who they did not know, to share the costs of the ceremony, pose for a photo outside the church where they got married in Baie de Henne, Nord Ouest Department, Haiti, October 27, 2018. Obelson, who works as a motorcycle driver, met Patricia while working. When she fell pregnant, her parents insisted that they get married. Protestant churchgoing communities in Haiti favour marriage, especially if a couple is expecting a child with some religious schools only accepting pupils if their parents can provide a marriage certificate. REUTERS/Valerie Baeriswyl TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY SEARCH "HAITIAN WEDDINGS BAERISWYL" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES 

Stanley Joseph, the groom, who works as a driver for an NGO, tries to remove bride Daphne Gerard's garter from underneath her dress, as their bridesmaids look on, during a wedding game, after getting married in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, February 14, 2019. Gerard wondered if they should postpone their big day when it became clear a majority of their guests would not make it, due to the violent unrest that had gripped Port-au-Prince for months. Joseph felt they could make it work, although that meant chartering a plane to bring Gerard's parents up from the country's south-east. "We always have problems in Haiti. You can't wait. You just have to get on and overcome them," said Joseph. "I was stressed but happy." REUTERS/Valerie Baeriswyl SEARCH "HAITIAN WEDDINGS BAERISWYL" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY 

Boys of honour Victor Rulx Guilbert, 25, Lucien Hasting, 27, Jean Louis Fabrice Guerlens, 25, and Edouard Wonder, 27, at the wedding of Stanley and Daphne Joseph, wear matching suits as part of Haitian martial tradition, as they wait for the ceremony to commence, at a church in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, February 14, 2019. REUTERS/Valerie Baeriswyl SEARCH "HAITIAN WEDDINGS BAERISWYL" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES 

Julio and Dalina sit together at a table as they wait for guests to arrive at their wedding party, after getting married in a church ceremony in Delmas, Port-au-Prince Arrondissement, Haiti, July 31, 2015. REUTERS/Valerie Baeriswyl TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY SEARCH "HAITIAN WEDDINGS BAERISWYL" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES 

Johane Jean, 38, who works as a manager at a fast food restaurant, breastfeeds her one-month old son Jean Murat Darius, on the day of her wedding to Kilmite Darius, a mechanic, at a hotel paid for by Jean's cousin, a Haitian living in the United States, in Petion Ville, Port-au-Prince, Haiti, March 23, 2019. "I fell pregnant and, as we are both churchgoers, we decided to get married," said Jean who married Darius one month after giving birth and nursed her baby throughout the day. REUTERS/Valerie Baeriswyl SEARCH "HAITIAN WEDDINGS BAERISWYL" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES 

A baby's bottle, belonging to the nine-month-old daughter of Luc Andrew Abraham and Wefny Tinor Abraham, who are getting married, is cooled down together with a bottle of champagne in an ice bucket, on the day of Luc and Wefny's wedding day, at a hotel in Petion-Ville, Port au Prince, Haiti, May 13, 2016. REUTERS/Valerie Baeriswyl SEARCH "HAITIAN WEDDINGS BAERISWYL" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES 

Brides Roselene Saint Juste and Mireille Mathurin, who got married in a joint wedding ceremony to cousins Sony Vernet and Herve Vernet, in order to share the costs of the reception, pose for a photograph on the day of their wedding at a church in Mariani, Haiti, April 15, 2017. In a country where more than half the population lives under the poverty line of $2.41 per day, only the wealthiest of Haitian couples can afford the full shebang of a wedding ceremony, lavish dinner reception, and honeymoon. Most have to get creative. Sometimes multiple couples get married at the same time to save on church fees. REUTERS/Valerie Baeriswyl TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY SEARCH "HAITIAN WEDDINGS BAERISWYL" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES 

Wedding guests squabble by the buffet table as they help themselves to food at Favilson Pierre and Mauseline Greffin's wedding in Carrefour, Haiti, January 2, 2016. In a country where more than half the population lives under the poverty line of $2.41 per day, only the wealthiest of Haitian couples can afford the full shebang of a wedding ceremony, lavish dinner reception, and honeymoon. They might skip the reception or, in the countryside, offer a simple meal of bread, fried plantains, rice and coffee. Sometimes, the whole village might provide food. Disputes can occur when there is not enough for all those who turn up, or when guests try to take home dishes or drinks. REUTERS/Valerie Baeriswyl SEARCH "HAITIAN WEDDINGS BAERISWYL" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES 

A pregnant bride and her groom travel by motorbike to their reception after getting married in a double wedding ceremony in Baie de Henne, Nord Ouest Department, Haiti, October 27, 2018. REUTERS/Valerie Baeriswyl TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY SEARCH "HAITIAN WEDDINGS BAERISWYL" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES 

Louimene Louis, 25, sits next to her cousin Midene Belantine, 14, referred to in Creole as a 'queteuse' who helps the bride on her wedding day, before getting married to Silvanes Joseph, at the house of a family friend, in Bouli, Centre Department, Haiti, December 1, 2018. REUTERS/Valerie Baeriswyl SEARCH "HAITIAN WEDDINGS BAERISWYL" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES 

Mirla-Samuelle Pierre, 32, a reggae singer, puts on a tiara, as she gets ready before her wedding to Duckyns St-Eloi, better known as 'Zikiki', her drummer and composer bandmate, at the Church of the Adventist University of Haiti, in Diquini, Carrefour, Haiti, December 28, 2017. If a couple has relatives abroad willing to be the 'godparents' or witnesses, these will typically make a financial contribution to the wedding, including buying and shipping the bride's dress, usually a bouffant white gown. Pierre said her cousin who lives in New York and was her wedding godmother purchased her dress, shoes, gloves and tall sparkling crown, "I wanted to be different to everyone else so I got the tallest one there was," she said. REUTERS/Valerie Baeriswyl SEARCH "HAITIAN WEDDINGS BAERISWYL" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES 

Musician Duckyns St-Eloi, who is known as 'Zikiki' sings to his bride Mirla-Samuelle Pierre as she enters the church with her father Pierre Obas on their wedding day at Eglise de l'Universite Adventiste d'Haiti, a church in Diquini, Carrefour, Haiti, December 28, 2017. Pierre and Zikiki wed in church, mainly to please Pierre's parents. But the theme of the wedding decoration was 'rastafari,' reflecting the culture of the dreadlocked groom. Like all but the wealthiest Haitians, they chose not to spend any money on a grand reception or honeymoon. "Instead, that same evening we went out to a nightclub," said Zikiki, "and we had a lot of fun together." REUTERS/Valerie Baeriswyl SEARCH "HAITIAN WEDDINGS BAERISWYL" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES 

Dalina poses for a photograph next to her small bride on the day of her wedding, at a hair salon in Delmas, Port-au-Prince Arrondissement, Haiti, July 30, 2015. REUTERS/Valerie Baeriswyl SEARCH "HAITIAN WEDDINGS BAERISWYL" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES 

Brides Roselene Saint Juste and Mireille Mathurin, who got married in a joint ceremony to cousins Sony Vernet and Herve Vernet, get ready on their wedding day in Mariani, Haiti, April 15, 2017. REUTERS/Valerie Baeriswyl SEARCH "HAITIAN WEDDINGS BAERISWYL" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES 

Mauseline Greffin, a shopkeeper, has her eyebrows done by a friend on the day of her wedding to Favilson Pierre, a taxi driver, who she met at church, at a house belonging to Greffin's friend in Carrefour, Haiti, January 2, 2016. REUTERS/Valerie Baeriswyl SEARCH "HAITIAN WEDDINGS BAERISWYL" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES 

Abydarlyne Jouth, poses for a photograph with her bridesmaids, Ketlove Sainfleur, Adline Jouthe, Tamas Jean Pierre, Marie Claudine Nozil during a fitting for Jouth's and Chelson Ermoza's African themed wedding, in Delmas, Port au Prince, Haiti, December 10, 2017. "We chose to get married like this because we wanted to get out of the traditional European wedding pattern. We wanted to be ourselves and propose another form of costume, another model of ceremony for married people in Haiti," said Jouth. REUTERS/Valerie Baeriswyl SEARCH "HAITIAN WEDDINGS BAERISWYL" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES 

Renold St Hilaire, 56, a church friend of Beane Jean & Franck's, who are getting married, irons a wedding guest's dress, before Jean's and Franck's wedding, at her home in L'Asile, Haiti, April 14, 2018. REUTERS/Valerie Baeriswyl SEARCH "HAITIAN WEDDINGS BAERISWYL" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES 

Edeline Philipe, 17, the announcer, who will announce the arrival of the bride as part of a Haitian wedding tradition, waits for Sherlyne Fernand, the bride, who works as a merchant, to arrive before making their way in a procession to the church, on the wedding day of Fernand and Imado Joinville, who works as a security guard, in Leogane Arrondissement, Haiti, October 28, 2017. The bridal procession in the church can include friends playing the part of a king and queen, while the bridesmaids and groomsmen often dress so similarly to the bride and groom that it can be difficult to define, from outside, who is actually getting wed. REUTERS/Valerie Baeriswyl SEARCH "HAITIAN WEDDINGS BAERISWYL" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES 

Father of the bride Merilus Bonheur, who works as a forest ranger, leads his daughter Christela Bonheur, 29, and their relatives to church on the day of Christela's wedding to Jocithe Auguste, in Foret des Pins, Zone Mare Rouge, Haiti, January 14, 2017. "We used to talk on the phone when I went to school in Croix-des-Bouquets. He lived in the Dominican Republic. We spent three years together before he asked for my hand," Bonheur says about Auguste. REUTERS/Valerie Baeriswyl SEARCH "HAITIAN WEDDINGS BAERISWYL" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES 

Joseph, a teacher, and Louimene Louis pose for a photograph with Midene Belantine, Louis's cousin and Benita Estima, Joseph's cousin, in the courtyard of a family friend's house before getting married in Bouli, Centre Department, Haiti, December 1, 2018. REUTERS/Valerie Baeriswyl SEARCH "HAITIAN WEDDINGS BAERISWYL" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES 

Father Duportal, of the Catholic parish Boucan Carre, who is marrying Silvanes Joseph and Louimene Louis, listens to Louimene Louis's confessions, as part of a Haitian marriage tradition where both the bride and groom have to go to confession before getting married, in Bouli, Centre Department, Haiti, December 1, 2018. REUTERS/Valerie Baeriswyl SEARCH "HAITIAN WEDDINGS BAERISWYL" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES 

Vanessa Dorsainvil and Wesley Desir are surrounded by their godparents during a couple's blessing at Shekinah Adventist Church, during their wedding day in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, August 2, 2015. REUTERS/Valerie Baeriswyl SEARCH "HAITIAN WEDDINGS BAERISWYL" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES 

Anelia Marcelus, 36, and Claudel Francois, 38, exchange rings during their wedding ceremony at Salem Evangelical Baptist Church, Port-au-Prince Arrondissement, Haiti, May 28, 2016. REUTERS/Valerie Baeriswyl SEARCH "HAITIAN WEDDINGS BAERISWYL" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES 

Julio and Dalina, who met while studying at the same university, kiss each other for the first time as husband and wife at a church in Delmas, Port-au-Prince, Haiti, July 30, 2015. REUTERS/Valerie Baeriswyl SEARCH "HAITIAN WEDDINGS BAERISWYL" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES 

Iseleine Granvil, the bride, who works as a teacher, reacts as she is photographed by guests on their smartphones during her wedding day with Etienne Termidor, a carpenter, in Cap Haitien, Haiti, October 31, 2017. REUTERS/Valerie Baeriswyl SEARCH "HAITIAN WEDDINGS BAERISWYL" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES 

Woodna Vernet, the godmother, wears a white dress as she and wedding guests at Mireille Mathurin and Herve Vernet's wedding, leave the church, in Mariani, Haiti, April 15, 2017. Mathurin and Vernet got married in a double wedding ceremony. The bridesmaids and groomsmen often dress so similarly to the bride and groom that it can be difficult to define, from outside, who is actually getting wed. REUTERS/Valerie Baeriswyl SEARCH "HAITIAN WEDDINGS BAERISWYL" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES 

Guests load a generator onto a bus to be taken to Tatiana Delpeche and Markens Dorcius', who are both teachers, wedding venue on their wedding day in Liancourt, Artibonite, Haiti, November 18, 2017. A generator is an essential element for a wedding in Haiti, especially in the countryside, where some areas are not electrified. REUTERS/Valerie Baeriswyl SEARCH "HAITIAN WEDDINGS BAERISWYL" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES 

Santhonax Toussaint, 25, and Luisemene Antoine, 22, return from the church where they got married, as they make their way into their wedding reception in Toussaint's family courtyard where upon arrival, their in-laws will welcome them by throwing holy water and rice to bless the wedding, in Thiotte, Sud-Est Department, Haiti, December 7, 2017. REUTERS/Valerie Baeriswyl TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY SEARCH "HAITIAN WEDDINGS BAERISWYL" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES 

Christella Bonheur, 29, sits down after marrying Jocithe Auguste, 30, on their wedding day at a church in Foret des Pins, Haiti, January 14, 2017. REUTERS/Valerie Baeriswyl SEARCH "HAITIAN WEDDINGS BAERISWYL" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES 

The godfather pours a drink for Etienne Termidor, a carpenter and Iseleine Granvil, a teacher, before making a speech during Termidor and Granvil's wedding day in Cap Haitien, Haiti, October 31, 2017. If a couple has relatives abroad willing to be the 'godparents' or witnesses, these will typically make a financial contribution to the wedding. REUTERS/Valerie Baeriswyl SEARCH "HAITIAN WEDDINGS BAERISWYL" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES 

Family members who attended Junior Cadet and Nerlande Cenatus's wedding, stand in the street with cooked chicken that they took from the wedding reception after there was a power cut, as they wait for public transport to take them home, in Delmas, Port-au-Prince Arrondissement, Haiti, December 23, 2016. At many weddings in Haiti the couple will cater food for more people than are invited as it's common for guests to take some food or drinks home with them. REUTERS/Valerie Baeriswyl SEARCH "HAITIAN WEDDINGS BAERISWYL" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES 

Guests at Tatiana Delpeche's and Markens' wedding, travel in a crowded car from the church to the wedding reception in Liancourt, Artibonite, Haiti, November 18, 2017. REUTERS/Valerie Baeriswyl SEARCH "HAITIAN WEDDINGS BAERISWYL" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES