Mosaic depicting Mary giving birth to Jesus Christ in Kariye Camii (Holy Saviour in Chora church ), Istanbul, Turkey, Europe

Bison (Bison bison) cow and newborn calf, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, United States of America, North America

Pregnant female southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina) giving birth on the beach in Stromness Bay, South Georgia Island

Pregnant female southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina) giving birth on the beach in Stromness Bay, South Georgia Island

Pregnant female southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina) giving birth on the beach in Stromness Bay, South Georgia Island

Pregnant female southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina) giving birth on the beach in Stromness Bay, South Georgia Island

Pregnant female southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina) giving birth on the beach in Stromness Bay, South Georgia Island

Thomson's gazelle (Gazella thomsonii) female giving birth, Ngorongoro Crater, Tanzania, East Africa, Africa

Pregnant female southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina) giving birth on the beach in Stromness Bay, South Georgia Island

Pregnant female southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina) giving birth on the beach near the abandoned whaling station at Stromness Bay on South Georgia Island in the Southern Ocean

Pregnant female southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina) giving birth on the beach near the abandoned whaling station at Stromness Bay on South Georgia Island in the Southern Ocean

Pregnant female southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina) giving birth on the beach near the abandoned whaling station at Stromness Bay on South Georgia Island in the Southern Ocean

Pregnant female southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina) giving birth on the beach near the abandoned whaling station at Stromness Bay on South Georgia Island in the Southern Ocean

Female Hooker’s Sea Lions (Phocarctos Hookeri) between birth giving and mating. Sandy Bay, Auckland Island, Subantarctic New Zealand.

Pregnant female southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina) giving birth on the beach near the abandoned whaling station at Stromness Bay on South Georgia Island in the Southern Ocean

Pregnant female southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina) giving birth on the beach near the abandoned whaling station at Stromness Bay on South Georgia Island in the Southern Ocean

Pregnant female southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina) giving birth on the beach near the abandoned whaling station at Stromness Bay on South Georgia Island in the Southern Ocean

Pregnant female southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina) giving birth on the beach near the abandoned whaling station at Stromness Bay on South Georgia Island in the Southern Ocean

Pregnant female southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina) giving birth on the beach near the abandoned whaling station at Stromness Bay on South Georgia Island in the Southern Ocean

Pregnant female southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina) giving birth on the beach near the abandoned whaling station at Stromness Bay on South Georgia Island in the Southern Ocean

Pregnant female southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina) giving birth on the beach near the abandoned whaling station at Stromness Bay on South Georgia Island in the Southern Ocean

Pregnant female southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina) giving birth on the beach near the abandoned whaling station at Stromness Bay on South Georgia Island in the Southern Ocean

Female southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina) with newborn pup as skuas (Catharacta antarctica) fight for the after birth, Stromness Bay on South Georgia Island in the Southern Ocean

Pregnant female southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina) giving birth on the beach near the abandoned whaling station at Stromness Bay on South Georgia Island in the Southern Ocean

Woman with husband giving birth in hospital

A man is baptized in the healing mud of Espinoza, Mexico.Twice a year the faithful visit Espinazo, a small dusty village and birthplace of El Nino Fidencio, one of the most revered healers in North East Mexico. Although he died in the 1940s people believe certain priests known as Materias can channel his healing gifts and cure people. During the anniversary of his birth and death over 100,000 people take part in the celebration by giving thanks at his gravesite or bathing and getting healed in mud baths.

A woman is healed in the mud baths of Espinoza, Mexico.Twice a year the faithful visit Espinazo, a small dusty village and birthplace of El Nino Fidencio, one of the most revered healers in North East Mexico. Although he died in the 1940s people believe certain priests known as Materias can channel his healing gifts and cure people. During the anniversary of his birth and death over 100,000 people take part in the celebration by giving thanks at his gravesite or bathing and getting healed in mud baths.

An old man is healed in the mud baths of Espinoza, Mexico.Twice a year the faithful visit Espinazo, a small dusty village and birthplace of El Nino Fidencio, one of the most revered healers in North East Mexico. Although he died in the 1940s people believe certain priests known as Materias can channel his healing gifts and cure people. During the anniversary of his birth and death over 100,000 people take part in the celebration by giving thanks at his gravesite or bathing and getting healed in mud baths.

Precolumbian Ceramics Nazca Culture, 200-800AD vase showing a mother giving birth with mythical portraits in the collection of the Museo Amano, Lima, Peru

Woman giving birth petroglyph, Utah