Woman with a baby hiking in the Sacred site of Sefa Utaki, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Okinawa, Japan, Asia

Child held close in a shawl wrap, Nigeria

Woman with her baby on her back carrying a water canister on her head, Massangano, Cuanza Norte, Angola, Africa

Mother with child in a baby carrier, Hong Kong

Mother and baby from Ann hill tribe village, near Kengtung, Shan State, Myanmar (Burma), Asia

East timor. Mother and child, fatumerita village, aileu district

Black woman carrying daughter in sling

Mother carrying baby with traditional wrap on dirt road

Close up of mother carrying baby with traditional wrap

Close up of mother carrying baby with traditional wrap

Close up of mother carrying baby with traditional wrap

Mothers carrying children and waiting at rural health clinic

Young inca woman with baby in baby sling, Pisac, Peru, South America

Young woman with child in a sling carrying a heavy stone to secure the shores of an artificial lake for irrigation, Quispillacta, Ayacucho, Peru, South America

Indigene woman carrying a small girl in a sling, standing in front of bags of onions, CENMA, vegetable wholesale market in the south of Guatemala City, Guatemala, Central America

Young mother standing with her baby in a sling, Taungyii, Shan State, Myanmar

Mid adult mother with baby son in sling in kitchen

Mid adult mother with baby son in sling preparing food in kitchen

Mid adult man doing chores with baby daughter in baby sling

Mid adult mother preparing food with baby son in sling

Mid adult woman doing chores with baby daughter in baby sling