Elephant and newly born calf, Chobe National Park, Botswana, Africa

Reportage on a cesarean under hypnosis, in the maternity ward of Saint-Gregoire hospital in Rennes, France

A mother impala, Aepyceros melampus, bends over to lick her newly born calf, Sabi Sands, Greater Kruger National Park, South Africa

Newly born leopard cubs, Panthera pardus, lie together between roots and mud walls, one cub opens it mouth with closed eyes, Sabi Sands, Greater Kruger National Park, South Africa

A newly born leopard cub, Panthera pardus, lies between the rocks, blue eyes, Londolozi Game Reserve, Sabi Sands, South Africa

A mother wildebeest, Connochaetes taurinus, stands above her newly born calf who kneels on the road, looking away, Londolozi Game Reserve, Sabi Sands, Greater Kruger National Park, South Africa

Young mantids newly hatched, French Guiana