US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says goodbye with a kiss on both cheeks to Saudi Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Adel al Jubeir, as Mr Pompeo departs Jeddah before the pandemic. Reuters
An Indian doctor wearing PPE bumps fists with a patient inside a Covid-19 care centre and isolation ward facility near a Hospital in New Delhi, India. The fist bump has become the norm during the pandemic. EPA
Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson greets a member of vaccination staff with an elbow bump during a visit to a Covid-19 vaccine centre in Northampton. The elbow bump is another trend to emerge during the pandemic. Getty Images
US President Joe Biden shakes hands with French President Emmanuel Macron during a meeting at La Villa Bonaparte in Rome, in October 2021. The handshake was starting to re-emerge as form of greeting. AP
The 2,800-year-old stone relief held at The Iraq Museum in Baghdad. Assyrian King Shalmaneser III is seen shaking hands with Babylon’s King Marduk-zakir-shumi. Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin / Wikimedia Commons
People hug at Ezeiza International Airport, in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Reuters
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says goodbye with a kiss on both cheeks to Saudi Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Adel al Jubeir, as Mr Pompeo departs Jeddah before the pandemic. Reuters
An Indian doctor wearing PPE bumps fists with a patient inside a Covid-19 care centre and isolation ward facility near a Hospital in New Delhi, India. The fist bump has become the norm during the pandemic. EPA
Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson greets a member of vaccination staff with an elbow bump during a visit to a Covid-19 vaccine centre in Northampton. The elbow bump is another trend to emerge during the pandemic. Getty Images
US President Joe Biden shakes hands with French President Emmanuel Macron during a meeting at La Villa Bonaparte in Rome, in October 2021. The handshake was starting to re-emerge as form of greeting. AP
The 2,800-year-old stone relief held at The Iraq Museum in Baghdad. Assyrian King Shalmaneser III is seen shaking hands with Babylon’s King Marduk-zakir-shumi. Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin / Wikimedia Commons
People hug at Ezeiza International Airport, in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Reuters
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says goodbye with a kiss on both cheeks to Saudi Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Adel al Jubeir, as Mr Pompeo departs Jeddah before the pandemic. Reuters