Mother with child in a baby carrier, Hong Kong

A veiled woman, in brightly coloured robes holding her baby while watching a village festival in Nalu, Rajasthan, India

A mother carrying her child and queuing for food handouts withother women at Mother Teresa's Mission in Calcutta, India

Child held close in a shawl wrap, Nigeria

Mother Teresa talking with a poor woman and her child from a Red Cross minibus in Calcutta, India

Poor women queuing for food at Mother Teresa's Mission in Calcutta, India

A mother and child in Bangladesh

Grandfather with grandson at Baoding, Chongqing. China has one child family planning policy to reduce population.

Woman and girl child in rural Nepal.

Woman with tribal markings on her face holding her baby close, Northern Nigeria

Mother holding child, street scene, India

A mother sits smoking with her child on her lap, Nepal

Woman sitting holding a child in Northern Nigeria

Young mother with her child in hospital, Gambia

Women queuing with their children at the rural hospital at Basse in Gambia