Kiss - one of the most intimate of human manifestations. Kissing can express a whole range of human emotions. Kiss can say hello, say hello, to reassure, to express joy and, above all, to demonstrate their love. We offer you a selection of photographs depicting a variety of kisses - kisses when meeting and parting, playful kisses, respectful kisses, friendly kisses, kisses of joy, public displays of affection, and still is, of course, kissing, being merely an expression of tender feelings.
 A. A tourist poses for a "classic" pictures with the Sphinx in the valley of the pyramids of Giza in Cairo, October 19, 2011. (Reuters / Jamal Saidi)
 Two. Loving couple kissing, standing under a tree in Central Park on a warm spring day in New York, March 22, 2012. (Reuters / Lucas Jackson)
 Three. The actress Claire Danes was lucky: her kiss at the same time president of the association «Hasty Pudding» James Fitzpatrick (left) and Vice-President «Hasty Pudding» Casting Ryan Halprin, both dressed in women's clothes. Danes has been named the association «Hasty Pudding» «Woman of the Year." The photo was taken at Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass., January 26, 2012. (Reuters / Jessica Rinaldi)
 4. Couples who participate in the tender kisses in Hefei, Anhui Province, China, February 18, 2012. In the contest was attended by 63 couples. In terms of competition, the men had to lift their partners so that their feet do not touch the ground during a kiss, and retain women in her arms, without interrupting the kiss, as long as possible. The winner got a prize - a diamond ring in a one-carat, local media reported. (Reuters / Stringer)
See also the full release - Competition for the longest kiss in China: a passion to loss of consciousness  Five. Couples use various strategies to win the competition kisses in Hefei, Anhui Province, China, February 18, 2012. It is not easy, as it turned out, hold your partner in the air during a kiss! (Reuters / Stringer)
 6. Asghar Farhadi, director of the Iranian film "Divorce," kisses a statue of Oscar, which he received a nomination in the Best Foreign Language Film at the 84th awards ceremony of the American Academy of Film "Oscar" in Hollywood, California, February 26, 2012. (Reuters / Mike Blake)
 7. Sergeant Steve Lewis kisses his girlfriend Joanne White Goldsmith. Lewis and other soldiers returned to Plymouth, England, December 9, 2011, on board a Royal Navy ship "Ocean". "Ocean" left Plymouth in April 2011 to participate in exercises that are supposed to last for seven weeks, but in the end the ship was sent to Libya to support the air of the UN mission in that country. (Matt Cardy / Getty Images)
 Eight. Veterinarian Libya Pereira kisses paralyzed lion Ariel, for whom she cares. Leo is in her house in Sao Paulo, Brazil, photo taken July 13, 2011. Over the past year, Facebook spent in Brazil, a campaign whose purpose was to obtain the funds needed for the treatment of the lion, were left paralyzed. The campaign was launched Raquel Borges, owner of three lion named Ariel, whose weight at the time was 310 pounds (140 kilograms). We lost the lion's paw due to genetic disease that struck the animal brain. Unfortunately, Ariel could not recover and died within a few weeks after this photograph was taken. (AP Photo / Andre Penner)
See also issue - the paralyzed lion trying to save the world  9. Paraguay President Fernando Lugo (pictured seated) visits the former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, during the medical examination at a hospital in Sao Paulo, Brazil, January 27, 2012. Both the president, and Fernando Lugo, and Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, are undergoing treatment for cancer. (Reuters / Ricardo Stuckert-Instituto Lula)
 10. Kissing couple during a marathon, known as "Marathon Dates for education." Its members took to the streets to demand changes to the state education system of Chile. Marathon under the name "Marathon Dates for Education" was held during a protest directed against the government in Santiago, Chile, September 1, 2011. (Reuters / Ivan Alvarado)
 11. Syrian woman kisses the picture of Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin during a rally in front of Russian Embassy in Damascus, Syria, March 4, 2012. Participants of the meeting were in favor of maintaining the current regime in the country, which is now struggling with the rebels. (AP Photo / Muzaffar Salman)
 12. Charles Wolf kisses name Oei's wife Catherine Wolfe, a resident of Great Britain, who died during the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center on September 11. The photo was taken at the Memorial in New York, March 15, 2012. Charles Wolfe was accompanied by British Prime Minister David Cameron and his wife Samantha when they visit the memorial. (John Moore / Getty Images)
 13. The kid by the name of Chin, who first kisses his mother of the world soon after the birth hospital «Avista Adventist» in Louisville, Colorado, near Denver at 2:41 am local time, October 31, 2011. (Reuters / Rick Wilking)
 14. Survivor of the attack on Pearl Harbor, James Cook smiles after he kissed a member of the group "The Victory Belles» at a ceremony marking the 70th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor, the National Museum of the Second World War in New Orleans, Louisiana , December 7, 2011. (AP Photo / Gerald Herbert)
See also issue - the Second World War: The Attack on Pearl Harbor  15. Wax figure of the famous British actor Robert Pattinson at the museum Madame Tussaud's in London kisses Haley Wales. The girls, dressed in wedding gowns, posed next to the juice figure actor who played a major role in the movie "The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1", in which the character is Pattinson's Edward, marries the heroine Kristen Stewart, Bella. Photo taken November 14, 2011. (AP Photo / Jonathan Short)
 16. Loving couple enjoying each other's company in the first day of the carnival in Salvador, Brazil, February 16, 2012. (Mario Tama / Getty Images)
 17. Tomas Berdych of the Czech Republic kisses the dolphin in the Gulf of dolphins in Atlantis, near the artificial island of Palma, 26 February 2012, the eve of the championship in tennis in Dubai. (Reuters)
 18. Singer Fergie rewards photographers with a kiss at the premiere of "New Year" s Chinese Theatre in Hollywood Graumana, California, December 5, 2011. (Reuters / Mario Anzuoni)
 19. Petty Officer 2nd Class Marissa Gaeta (left), a team consisting of amphibious assault ship Navy U.S. «USS Oak Hill», kisses her partner Petty Officer 3rd Class Tsitlanik Snell, after the return of the vessel to its home port after a three-month stay on a mission to the Caribbean. The photo was taken in Virginia Beach, Va., December 21, 2011. (Reuters / US Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Joshua Mann) |