I confess I'm rather fond of these silly, slightly arbitrary International Thing Days - and one of the funniest among them is today:

Hug A Medievalist Day! Today's more general, though, it's Hug a Scientist Day.

So in honour of that, here's a medieval hug, brought to you courtesy of the Rijksmuseum:

This, by the way, is the Meeting of Joachim and Anna, dating to about 1470. Go to the Rijksmuseum page to learn more about this statue.