International Kissing Day Jul 6, 2023

International Kissing Day

This photograph captures a heartwarming moment between two southern rockhopper penguins, the perfect image for International Kissing Day. Why do we kiss? Well, dozens of cultures don"t kiss on the lips at all. For those that do, theories range widely, from the chemical reactions in the brain, to ancient ancestral parents chewing food for their children, to simply smelling each other. Of course, no scientific explanation can capture the magic of a shared kiss. Perhaps that"s why artists including Prince, Faith Hill, and Hall & Oates have all had chart-toppers about lip-locking; they have found a way to put an indescribable feeling into words.

© Tony Beck/Getty Images

palette

Today in History

Jul 6, 2018Pandas pucker up for International Kissing Day
Jul 6, 2019Racers pushing past sunflowers in the 2018 Tour de France
Jul 6, 2020Welcome to the Ring of Fire
Jul 6, 2021The most Instagrammable bird?
Jul 6, 2022Kissing Day
Jul 6, 2025Mesquite Flat Sand Dunes in Death Valley National Park, California

More Desktop Wallpapers:

Jul 20, 2019Bringing the moon to Earth
Feb 1, 2025Black History Month
Jun 1, 2018In Apia Harbor for Samoan Independence Day
Jul 18, 2021Grand finish of Le Tour
Jan 29, 2022Brain coral
Oct 28, 2020A grotesque scene
Oct 8, 2023World Octopus Day
Sep 27, 2023Via Krupp, Capri, Italy
May 28, 2022Bungle Bungle Range in Purnululu National Park, Australia
Dec 11, 2024International Mountain Day
Oct 8, 2019Let s celebrate cephalopods
Jun 27, 2022Lavender fields on the Valensole Plateau in Provence, France
Sep 13, 2025Point Reyes National Seashore in California
May 17, 2024Endangered Species Day
Jan 13, 2024Road to Hana, Maui, Hawaii
Sep 4, 2018What the hay?
Jan 26, 2020It s Republic Day in India
Oct 27, 2023Sligachan Old Bridge, Isle of Skye, Scotland
Jul 28, 2022Longs Peak, Rocky Mountain National Park
Nov 1, 2023Native American Heritage Month
Feb 25, 2022 Legacy mural in Philadelphia
Sep 11, 2025Patriot Day
Mar 14, 2025Celebrating Pi Day
Jul 11, 2022World Population Day
Feb 1, 2023Black History Month
May 28, 2023Tegallalang terrace farms in Ubud, Bali, Indonesia
May 11, 2020A tree amid the Tetons
Apr 29, 2023Astronomy Day
Aug 1, 2019Hawaii Volcanoes National Park turns 103
Jun 7, 2020A hermitage with a view