Carrying baby, Cuzco, Peru, South America

Portrait of two children, Dharavandu Island, Baa Atoll, Maldives, Asia

Women with baskets of laundry on their heads beside the river, Djenne, Mali, Africa

African baby carried on the back of his mother, Togo, West Africa, Africa

Girl and woman picking tomatoes in Namong, Togo, West Africa, Africa

Indian Langur monkeys, Presbytis entellus, female and baby in Ranthambore National Park, Rajasthan, India

Tarahumara baby, Mexico, North America

A Dutch woman with her baby cycling along Kaizersgracht canal, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (Holland), Europe

Uro Indian woman and baby, Lake Titicaca, Peru, South America

Woman selling vegetables at Kpalime market, Togo, West Africa, Africa

Tarahumara girl and baby, Mexico, North America

Market, Heho, Shan State, Myanmar (Burma), Asia

Thailand mother breast feeding baby. Inhabitants of a slum in chiang mai

Indonesia mother child built in banda aceh by. Baby receiving immunization shot. Photograph taken in banda aceh, -december 2006, 2 years after tsunami of december 26th 2004 devasted much of coastal region. Taken to illustrate reconstruction work projects of (catholic relief services) of sponsored photo tour

Thailand mother & baby, chiang dao village, near chiang mai

Watatulu tribal mother & child, tanzania. Mwankale

Watatulu tribal family, tanzania. Mwankale

Thailand mother & child, slum dwellers of chiang mai

Cambodia american volunteer kathy kremmer taking care of sick babies at an orphanage in pnom penh

Burundi woman breast feeding baby. Gitera.

Uganda at the home of nakabugo betty, kisoga village, kayunga district. breast feeding her baby. kayunga district

Honduras woman breastfeeding her baby. Marcala

South sudan mother & child, toposa at nanyangacor

Fiji grandmother and baby, qeleni village, taveuni photo by sean sprague

Colombia woman breast feeding her baby beside the rio magdalena, barrancabermeja. Fishermen go passed in a dug our canoe

Indonesia growth monitoring (baby weighing) at a posyandu, or mother-child temporary health post in village of paya lumpat. Photograph taken in meulaboh, aceh province -december 2006, 2 years after tsunami of december 26th 2004 devastated much of coastal region. Taken to illustrate reconstruction work projects of (catholic relief services) of sponsored photo tour

East timor. Fatumerita, aileu district

Colombia woman breast feeding her baby beside the rio magdalena, barrancabermeja. Fishermen go passed in a dug our canoe

Alpine Chamois, Gaemse, Gemse, Rupicapra Rupikapra, female, Bernese Oberland, Bern, Switzerland

Cambodia woman washing child, kampong thom

Alpine Chamois, Gaemse, Gemse, Rupicapra Rupikapra, female, Bernese Oberland, Bern, Switzerland

Indonesia growth monitoring (baby weighing) at a posyandu, or mother-child temporary health post in village of paya lumpat. Photograph taken in meulaboh, aceh province -december 2006, 2 years after tsunami of december 26th 2004 devastated much of coastal region. Taken to illustrate reconstruction work projects of (catholic relief services) of sponsored photo tour

Indonesia mother child built in banda aceh by. Photograph taken in banda aceh, -december 2006, 2 years after tsunami of december 26th 2004 devasted much of coastal region. Taken to illustrate reconstruction work projects of (catholic relief services) of sponsored photo tour

Guatemala gynacologist joanna bruno examining a mayan indian woman and her baby while the husband looks on. Clinic of santa clara la laguna

Bolivia. Aymara mother and child at a street market in el alto

In mid January 2015, a three day period of excessive rain brought unprecedneted floods to the small poor African country of Malawi. It displaced nearly quarter of a million people, devastated 64,000 hectares of alnd, and killed several hundred people. This shot shows a mother and child in Chiteskesa refugee camp, near Mulanje.

CAMBODIA Lib Kham (23) with her newborn baby, and cows, Ban Bung village, Stung Treng district

Mallard (anas platyrhynchos) female duck swimming with fifteen chicks, river thames, berkshire

Ibex, capra ibex, steinbock, mother with baby, swiss alps in summer, uri, switzerland

CAMBODIA Lib Kham (23) with her newborn baby, Ban Bung village, Stung Treng district

Nomad birth. Today i born into family of buddhas; a child of buddhas i’ve become today. -santideva. Tibet

Watatulu tribal children at home, tanzania. Mwankale

Zambia woman and baby, shangombo

White stork, stork, ciconia ciconia, mother and young standing in nest, spring, oetwil am see, zuerich, switzerland

Thailand nasiri village of the lahu tribe, chiang mai

CAMBODIA Lib Kham (23) with her newborn baby, Ban Bung village, Stung Treng district

Burundi woman and her child, bujumbura.

East timor. Camp for internally displaced people (idps) at the don bosco center in dili. Girl collecting water and washing baby at faucet

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

Vietnam child receiving acupuncture treatment at hospital in hanoi

Gentoo penguin. Pygoscelis papua. Royal bay, south georgia, antarctica

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

Community and Home Based Care (CHBC) teams also provide comprehensive care and support services including Prevention of Mother to Child Tansmission (PMTCT). Dhangadi, Nepal

Alpine Chamois, Gaemse, Gemse, Rupicapra Rupikapra, Wallis, Vallais, Switzerland

White stork, stork, ciconia ciconia, weissstorch, storch, mother and young standing in nest, spring, oetwil am see, zuerich, switzerland

Burundi woman and her grandchild, bujumbura.

Myanmar mother child, myitkyina, a largely kachin community in north burma near chinese border

Bolivia. Aymara mother and child at a street market in el alto

Vietnam child receiving acupuncture treatment at hospital in hanoi

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

Thailand kathy, a philippino singer and her baby, phuket

Myanmar vegetable seller (baby) in market at myitkyina, a largely kachin community in north burma near chinese border

Tanzanian woman with grandchild. Kighare, same, in the north-east near kilimanjaro

Thailand lahu tribal village, nasiri, near chiang mai

Thailand mother & baby, chiang dao village, near chiang mai

Tanzania mother and child, kalabezo

A mother and newborn pup leopard seal (Hydrurga leptonyx) hauled out on ice floes on the western side of the Antarctic peninsula, Southern Ocean

Mother and pup (nursing) southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina) on the beach at President Head on Snow Island in the South Shetland Island Group, Antarctica

California Gray Whale (Eschrichtius robustus) mother and calf in the calm waters of San Ignacio Lagoon, Baja, Mexico.

California gray whale (Eschrichtius robustus) calf with excited whale watchers in San Ignacio Lagoon, Baja California Sur, Mexico

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

Young female southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina) on Deception Island, Antarctica

California gray whale (Eschrichtius robustus) calf with excited whale watchers in San Ignacio Lagoon on the Pacific side of the Baja Peninsula, Baja California Sur, Mexico

California gray whale (Eschrichtius robustus) calf with excited whale watchers in San Ignacio Lagoon on the Pacific side of the Baja Peninsula, Baja California Sur, Mexico

A mother black bear (Ursus americanus) with two cubs near Mendenhall Glacier outside of Juneau, Southeast Alaska, USA. Pacific Ocean

California Sea Lion (Zalophus californianus) mother and pup hauled out at Los Islotes in the Gulf of California (Sea of Cortez), Mexico.

Mother brown bear (Ursus arctos) foraging for sockeye salmon with two year-old cub at the Brooks River in Katmai National Park near Bristol Bay, Alaska, USA. Pacific Ocean

California gray whale (Eschrichtius robustus) calf with excited whale watchers in San Ignacio Lagoon, Baja California Sur, Mexico

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

Chinstrap penguin (Pygoscelis antarctica) chick head detail at colony on Useful Island near the Antarctic Peninsula. There are an estimated 2 million breeding pairs of chinstrap penguins in the Antarctic peninsula region alone, perhaps as many as 7.5 million breeding pairs in all of Antarctica. Their name derives from the narrow black band under their heads which makes it appear as if they are wearing black helmets, making them one of the most easily identified types of penguin. Other names for them are "Ringed Penguins", "Bearded Penguins", and "Stonecracker Penguins" due to their harsh call. They grow to 68 cm (27 in). The average adult weight of a Chinstrap Penguin is 4.5 kg (10 lbs). Weight can range from 3 to 6 kg (6.6-13.2 lbs), with males being slightly larger and weight varying based on where the penguin is in the breeding cycle. Their diet consists of krill, shrimp, and fish. On land they build circular nests from stones, and lay two eggs, which are incubated by both the male and the female for shifts of five to ten days. They can also breed on icebergs, though they prefer non-icy conditions. The chicks hatch after about 35 days, and have fluffy gray backs and white fronts. The chicks stay in the nest for 20?30 days before they go to join a creche. At around 50?60 days old, they moult, gaining their adult plumage and go to sea. The Chinstrap Penguin was first described by German naturalist Forster in 1781. Its specific epithet was often seen as antarctica, however a 2002 review determined the genus Pygoscelis was masculine, and hence the correct binomial name is Pygoscelis antarcticus.

A mother and nursing newborn pup leopard seal (Hydrurga leptonyx) hauled out on ice floes, Antarctica.

Mother and cub brown bear (Ursus arctos) walking the beach at the Brooks River in Katmai National Park near Bristol Bay, Alaska, USA. Pacific 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

An IDP camp (internally displaced people) in Te-Tugu district of Northern Uganda has been created to accommodate the mass of Ugandan refugees fleeing the LRA (Lords Resistance Army) who are fighting the Ugandan government and its people. With all attempts to be self-sufficient in these camps, the women have to work the land as well as look after dependants. Te-Tugu, Uganda, East Africa

Nessled amongst the mud huts, girls have finnished cleaning the clothes and have hung them up to dry. Gulu, Uganda. Gulu Town, Uganda, East Africa

Asian Elephant, Indian Elephant (Elephas Maximus Indicus) wild adult female and juvenile. Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve, India.

Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) cow and calf, underwater, Tonga, South Pacific

Wild Adult Female and Baby Orangutans (Pongo Pygmaeus). Endangered. Sepilok Orangutan Rehabilitation Centre, Sandakan, Sabah, Malaysia

Big male Hookerís Sea Lion (Phocarctos Hookeri) checking out its next mate. Sandy Bay, Auckland Island, Subantarctic New Zealand.

Humpback female and her calf Vava'u Tonga in the South Pacific, shot with a fisheye lens

Captive Western gorilla, gorilla gorilla. Female and baby and adolescent in La Vallee Des singes, Poitou - Charentes France. More info: Status, critically endangered due to loss of habitat, hunting and infectious disease.

A mother and newborn pup leopard seal (Hydrurga leptonyx) hauled out on ice floes on the western side of the Antarctic peninsula

Mother brown bear sow (Ursus arctos) with two cubs at the Brooks River in Katmai National Park near Bristol Bay, Alaska, USA. Pacific Ocean

African Lion (Panthera Leo) wild female cub. Phinda Reserve, South Africa.

Bengal Tigers (Panthera tigris tigris) wild adult female and cub, critically endangered, Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve, India.

mother and calf Humpback whales. Revillagigedo Islands, Pacific Ocean

Inuit Mother and baby. Kimmirut, Baffin Island (Qikiqtaaluk) Nunavut, Canada, North America

Big male Hookerís Sea Lion (Phocarctos Hookeri) checking out its next mate. Sandy Bay, Auckland Island, Subantarctic New Zealand.

Gravid Sally lightfoot crab (Grapsus grapsus) with eggs in the litoral of the Galapagos Island Archipelago, Ecuador. Pacific Ocean

Striped Dolphin mother and calf leaping at the surface. Azores, North Atlantic