Kissing Day Jul 6, 2022

Kissing Day

This affectionate pair of Atlantic puffins know a thing or two about the restorative pleasures of kissing, which we are celebrating today on International Kissing Day. Started in the United Kingdom, the holiday went global about 20 years ago as a yearly reminder that kissing isn"t reserved just for greetings or social formalities. Puffins engage in an endearing form of courtship behavior seen here called billing, in which they playfully tap each other"s beaks by swinging their heads from side to side.

© Vince Burton/Minden Pictures

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, 2023International Kissing Day
Jul 6, 2025Mesquite Flat Sand Dunes in Death Valley National Park, California

More Desktop Wallpapers:

Apr 17, 2022Easter
Apr 11, 2024Churún Merú waterfall in Venezuela
Sep 28, 2022A. M. Foster Bridge in Cabot, Vermont
May 1, 2026Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month
Mar 6, 2022Great cormorants
Dec 6, 2023Computer Science Education Week
Apr 20, 2018No, it s not a leaf. Happy Look-alike Day
Dec 10, 2023Sand dunes in the Sahara, Algeria
Aug 13, 2018Look to the north sky tonight for the Perseids
Dec 14, 2025Audubon Christmas Bird Count
Aug 17, 2018Illuminations on the Gulf of Poets
May 5, 2026Cinco de Mayo
Dec 10, 2020What does the fox dream?
Mar 17, 2019St. Patrick’s Day in Ireland
Jan 16, 2020In the valley of the doll
Mar 25, 2019Greece celebrates its independence
Dec 8, 2021Petrified Forest National Park
Feb 25, 2021Trevi in bloom
Dec 4, 2020Protecting wildlife today and tomorrow
Nov 30, 2018In the Highlands for Saint Andrew s Day
Dec 30, 2023Daiichi Tadami River Bridge, Fukushima, Japan
Mar 15, 2025Ides of March
Feb 13, 2022American bison
Nov 1, 2018Celebrating the Day of the Dead
Mar 3, 2026World Wildlife Day
Jun 15, 2023Nature Photography Day
Nov 27, 2019Have you turned off your electronic device?
Aug 24, 2021Surf s always up in Paia
Jun 23, 2019Adorable activism
Sep 20, 2018May we have this dance?