One of the most intimate human gestures, a kiss can convey greetings, give comfort, express joy, and above all, show love. Gathered from recent news photos, this collection of kisses features playful moments, emotional reunions, public displays of affection, and some pure expressions of love.
A Collection of Kisses
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A veterinarian kisses an 8-month-old cat, wearing a prosthetic two-wheel device, at a veterinary hospital in Chongqing municipality, China, on March 16, 2015. The cat lost the ability to walk with its rear legs after falling from the ninth to the fifth floor of a building last November. #
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The Argentine soccer striker Carlos Tevez kisses the grass of the soccer field during his presentation as a new Boca Juniors player at La Bombonera stadium in Buenos Aires on July 13, 2015. #
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People walk past a mural on a restaurant wall depicting U.S. presidential hopeful Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin greeting each other with a kiss in the Lithuanian capital, Vilnius on May 13, 2016. Kestutis Girnius, associate professor of the Institute of International Relations and Political Science in Vilnius university, told AFP “This graffiti expresses the fear of some Lithuanians that Donald Trump is likely to kowtow to Vladimir Putin and be indifferent to Lithuania’s security concerns. Trump has notoriously stated that Putin is a strong leader, and that NATO is obsolete and expensive.” #
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Pharaoh Haywood receives a kiss from his daughter Isis, 2, of Sacramento, during a “Get On the Bus” visiting day to Folsom State Prison arranged by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation and the Center for Restorative Justice Works in Folsom, California, on July 26, 2014. Children and their caregivers traveled free of charge on buses to two prisons, as part of an outreach program to reunite children with their incarcerated fathers. #
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The cast member Gerard Depardieu tries to kiss cast member Isabelle Huppert as they pose during a photocall for the film Valley of Love in competition at the 68th Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, on May 22, 2015. #
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A woman kisses a robot during daily activities of the Robot-Era project at the Residenza Sanitaria Assistenziale San Lorenzo, on December 19, 2015, in Florence, Italy. At the nursing residence, a robot acts as a perfect caregiver or butler for the 20 elderly guests. Robots developed within the Robot-Era project coordinated by the Robotics Institute of the Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna di Pisa are designed and programmed to perform functions in the house, outside, and in the condominium. The EU-supported project Robot-Era is the world's largest experiment ever done on service robotics, involving 160 people in real-world environments over four years. #
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Prince George and Princess Charlotte in a photo taken by the Duchess in mid-May at Anmer Hall in Norfolk, and released by the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge on June 6, 2015. #
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Hu Mingliang (right) and his partner Sun Wenlin kiss during their legally unrecognized wedding ceremony in Changsha, central China's Hunan province, on May 17, 2016. Hu and Sun tied the knot in a wedding ceremony on May 17, where imitation marriage certificates were presented despite a Chinese court’s ruling against the two men seeking to marry on April 13, 2016. #
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A girl puts on lipstick and kisses the shield of the police in front of the Macedonian government building in Skopje, Macedonia, on May 5, 2015. Several thousand people protested in front of the building, demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski. #
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Mulan Jamilah, a 6-year-old Bengal tiger, kisses caretaker Abdullah Sholeh in the garden beside their home on January 20, 2014, in Malang, Indonesia. Sholeh has become best friend and a full-time nanny to the tiger. Mulan's owner, Noer Muhammad Sholeh, 51, asked Abdullah to take care of the tiger when it was a 3-month-old cub at Dilem Village. Sholeh regularly sleeps, plays, and fights with the huge tiger. #
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Emma Rogers, 11, from Columbus, New Jersey, and Great Dane “Joy” in the benching area at Pier 92 and 94 in New York City, on the 2nd day of competition at the 139th Annual Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show, on February 17, 2015. #
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A Syrian refugee kisses his daughter as he carries her through a rainstorm towards Greece's border with Macedonia, near the Greek village of Idomeni, on September 10, 2015. #
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