Small moments of joy, affection and love. There were many of them, but let's remember the truly exceptional ones who either accompanied major world events this year or reminded us of genuine warmth between people.
Let the coming year bring more honestly loving ones kisses!
Check out the gallery of 2013 hot kisses.
The Pope's embrace for the sickness of a damned man in Rome.
The iron kiss of a visitor at the international electronics and technology fair in Las Vegas.
A kiss from Brazilian mermaid Mirella Ferraz during a show in Sao Paulo.
Joy at the first official gay marriage in France.
A passionate kiss between actor Alec Baldwin and his wife Hilaria Thomas at the Cannes Film Festival.
A colorful kiss at the Pride Parade in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
A loving moment between father and son at the celebration of the second anniversary of the Tunisian popular uprising.
Mass wedding of over 200 Peruvian couples on Valentine's Day.
A snake kiss as part of the New Year celebration in Beijing.
Iranian Sara's moving last moments with her mother Soheila Mehri, dying of a battle with breast cancer.
Petra Nemcova's celebrity kiss at the premiere of the film "All is Lost" in Cannes.
Kadia Sy, kissing Andy Warhol movie star and poet Taylor Mead as he moved out of his longtime apartment, where he had enjoyed the same rent for 34 years.
A woman kisses a masked supporter of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez at a rally commemorating the 1989 patriotic uprising.
Scottish students of St Andrew's University, covered in foam, in a traditional celebration of the academic family.
Dalbir Kaur's comforting kiss on the forehead of the wife of Sarabjit Singh, an Indian prisoner in Pakistan, during a conference in Amritsar.
A cat kiss by the owner with her Sphynx at a cat show in Kyrgyzstan.
A loving moment of a Chinese couple on a bench in Beijing.
David Wier hugging his son after winning the International Para Challenge in London.
An Orthodox Israeli couple kisses an Orthodox soldier at a military graduation ceremony in Jerusalem.
Gregor's kiss of a young Spanish couple on Barcelona's famous La Rambla street.
Taiwanese woman Evelyn Chu kissing a carp before being released into the Kasteeltuinen pond in the Netherlands.
Kissing competition at the traditional Qixi Festival or Chinese Valentine's Day in Shenyang.
Veteran pilot Jerry Yellin and veteran nurse Gloria Bullard, recreating the famous “Kiss in Time Square” photo in New York.
A kissing couple at Gundogdu Square in Izmir, where demonstrations were held as part of anti-government protests across Turkey.
A vampire kiss at the traditional Zombie Walk as part of the Festival of the Dead in Rio de Janeiro.
