Blue-footed Booby bird on the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador sheltering young birds

Gambians smartly dressed sitting with their children while watching an Independence Day parade in Banjul, The Gambia, West Africa.

Two young common cranes (Eurasian cranes) (Grus grus) standing within an aviary on the Somerset Levels near two surrogate parents, Somerset, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Chinese father and child among the crowds in Tiananmen Square in Peking, now Beijing, China in the 1980s

Woman sitting holding a child in Northern Nigeria

Family fun at the sandy beach on the west coast near Doonbeg, County Clare, West Coast of Ireland

Reintroduced young common cranes (Eurasian cranes) (Grus grus) feeding near an adult crane model and surrogate parents, Somerset Levels, Somerset, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Herd of Burchell's Zebras in Moremi National Park , Botswana

Herd of Burchell's Zebra in Moremi National Park , Botswana

Young Eurasian cranes (Grus grus) being led out of netted aviary by two surrogate parents onto the Somerset Levels and Moors, Somerset, England, United Kingdom, Europe

A Bruchell's Zebra walking with her foal in Moremi Game Reserve, Okavango Delta, Africa.

Man wheels child in stroller along the street in Courtmacsherry, County Cork, Ireland

Young mother with her child in hospital, Gambia

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

Mother with her children at home in Hong Kong China in the 1980s

Surrogate parents leading recently reintroduced young common cranes (Eurasian cranes) (Grus grus) over the Somerset Levels, Somerset, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Mother holding her young baby as she walks through the streets of Delhi, India

Australia. Children watching tv in aborigine community of , or beswick, arnemland, northern territory. 2007

In mid January 2015, a three day period of excessive rain brought unprecedented floods to the small poor African country of Malawi. It displaced nearly quarter of a million people, devastated 64,000 hectares of land, and killed several hundred people. This shot shows A Medicin Sans Frontieres clinic in Makhanga testing local people for malaria, many of whom proved positive for the disease, as a result of the drying up flood waters providing ideal breeding grounds for mosquitoes.

Flightless steamer duck (tachyceres brachypterus) new island, falkland islands, mother calling, with group of chicks sat on beach.

Colombia single mother with her children, barrancabermeja. Beautiful people, but they are extremely poor, and the children both suffer from malnutrition and stunted growth. She often does not send them to school becasue they are too hungry

Honduras slum dwellers of tegucigalpa

Honduras family of copan

Colombia very poor mother with her two sons, barrancabermeja

East timor. Camp for internally displaced people (idps) at the don bosco center in dili. Mother and child

India. Small home of hindu family, omana radhara krishnan (mother) and her daughters rashmi (14) and maya (11). They will soon get a better house thanks to house building project funded by cnewa and implemented by diocese of kottayam social services in villages of wayanad district, kerala. 2007

A female Goosander, Mergus merganser,with young ducklings hitching a ride on her back on the river Brathay, Ambleside, Lake District, UK,

Australia. Young girl at home with mother, aborigine community of , or beswick, arnemland, northern territory. 2007

Food, ethiopia. Saint mary’s catholic school, addis ababa. A mainstream elementary and secondary school, it has a small wing for special needs children, which is featured here. Betty and her mother feleku (on left) who helps with preparing food at the center. Other parents participate in rotation

Ibex or steinbok, capra ibex. Mother with young

Kenya,dadaab refugees camp, somalian border gtz hospital ,the camps were set up around the town of dadaab beginning in 1991 when civil wars erupted on a grand scale in somalia (16 rival factions were involved). The wars, along with a prolonged drought, forced more than 900,000 somalis to flee to neighboring countries. Approximately 400,000 of them, many of whom were in a serious state of exhaustion and starvation, took refuge in kenya. Since then, a majority have returned to their country. However, some 131,000 somalis remain in kenya, and 110,000 are in dadaab, along with some sudanese, ugandans, and about 3,000 ethiopians women waiting the receive care from gtz ngo at the local hospital . wounds due to boiling water for tea . lots of kids get burned by open flames fires into the camp as they play around without parents control

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

Colombia mother relating to her children at a day care and child stimulation center run by dni (international defence of children) in barrancabermeja

Wandering albatross (diomedea exulans) prion island, south georgia, adult feeding chick

Flightless steamer duck (tachyceres brachypterus) new island, falkland islands, group of chicks with mother, sitting on the beach.

Colombia mother relating to her children at a day care and child stimulation center run by dni (international defence of children) in barrancabermeja

UGANDA The work of Comboni Samaritans, Gulu. Visiting a child headed family. Aromorach Sharon is the oldest girl and looks after her 6 younger siblings and her elederly grandmother. Her parents died of AIDS. Aged 14, she is a pupil of Obinya primary school. Sharon preparing a family meal by peeling sweet potatoes. PHOTO by Sean Sprague

Mute swan (cygnus olor) swimming with cygnets, oxfordshire, uk

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

Colombia sunday in la candelaria, bogota, when the streets are closed to motor traffic and opened for cyclists until 2 pm

East timor. Camp for internally displaced people (idps) at the don bosco center in dili. Woman with her children

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

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

Colombia mother relating to her son at a day care and child stimulation center run by dni (international defence of children) in barrancabermeja

Red fox, vulpes vulpes. Mother and cubs. Summer .

Red fox, vulpes vulpes. Mother yawning; young cub looking into mothers mouth

Indonesia with baby, amed, bali

Myanmar detail of a kachin farmhouse, myitkyina, a largely kachin community in north burma near chinese border

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

Emperor penguins (Aptenodytes forsteri), chick on parent's feet begging for food, Weddell Sea, Antarctica, Polar Regions

India. Small house of michael and jophy jaison. House building project funded by social services department of ernakulum diocese by father jose thottakara, kerala. 2007

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

Colombia mother relating to her child at a day care and child stimulation center run by dni (international defence of children) in barrancabermeja

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

Colombia day in the life series: hugo andres, 7, of ciudad bolivar, bogota, with his mother ageda, 44

Colombia day in the life series: hugo andres, 7, of ciudad bolivar, bogota, with his mother ageda, 44

East timor. Mother and child of metinaro

East timor. Husband and wife with maize seeds and onions which they will plant next year, oecussi-ambeno

Colombia mother & child in hammock, barrancabermeja

Kenya. Woman collecting water from public tap in mukuru ruben, a slum of nairobi

India. Small house of michael and jophy jaison. House building project funded by social services department of ernakulum diocese by father jose thottakara, kerala

Colombia day in the life series: hugo andres, 7, of ciudad bolivar, bogota, with his mother ageda, 44

Colombia very poor mother and 2 sons, barrancabermeja

Jamaica. Faces at sunday mass in the catholic church at seaford town

Mother and daughter, china. Yunnan province. Jonghong

Fallen blue quandong fruit (Elaeocarpus grandis [Elaeocarpus Angustifolius]) under parent tree, Couchy Creek Nature Reserve, New South Wales, Australia, Pacific

Harbor Seal (Phoca vitulina) mother and pup on ice calved from the Sawyer Glaciers in Tracy arm, Southeast Alaska, USA. Pacific Ocean.

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

Adult brown bear (Ursus arctos) sow with 4 COY (cubs-of-the-year) at the Brooks River in Katmai National Park near Bristol Bay, Alaska, USA. Pacific Ocean

Adult sea otter (Enhydra lutris kenyoni) mother and pup in Inian Pass, Southeastern Alaska, USA. Pacific Ocean

Lindblad Expeditions Guests doing fun and exciting things in the Galapagos Island Archipeligo, Ecuador. Model release number SMB0509.

Adult Antarctic Shag, (Phalacrocorax (atriceps) bransfieldensis) from breeding colony on the Antarctic Peninsula

Adult sea otter (Enhydra lutris kenyoni) mother and pup in Inian Pass, Southeastern Alaska, USA. Pacific Ocean

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

Lindblad Expeditions Guests doing fun and exciting things in the Galapagos Island Archipeligo, Ecuador. Model release number SMB0509.

Pacific humpback whale adult and calf, Megaptera novaeangliae, underwater in the Au Au Channel, Maui, Hawaii.

Gentoo penguins (Pygoscelis papua) in Antarctica

Gentoo penguin (Pygoscelis papua) parent feeding downy chick on Pleneau Island, near the Antarctic Peninsula.

Harbor Seal (Phoca vitulina) mother (note the wet nipples where her pup has been nursing) on ice calved from the Sawyer Glaciers in Tracy arm, Southeast Alaska, USA. Pacific Ocean.

Mother and baby Plains Zebra (Equus quagga, formerly Equus burchelli). Young Zebra is inquisitive but stays close to mother. Kagera National Park, Rwanda, East Africa

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

Proud mother shows off her children for a photo opportunity, on the road near their home. They are without dad who will be out working. Gulu Town, Uganda. Gulu Town, Uganda, East Africa

Inside a typical mud hut, commonly found in Gulu Town, Northwest Uganda. Family are without father who is out working during the day. Gulu Town, Uganda, East Africa

Gray whale (Eschrichtius robustus). A gray whale mother and calf. Mexico.

Grey Seal (Halichoerus grypus), female with pup, female is nosing pup to reaffirm parent pup bond.. Mull of Kintyre near Campbeltown, Argyll, Scotland, UK

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

Chinstrap penguin (Pygoscelis antarctica) chick, Hannah Point, Antarctica, Southern Ocean.

Mother and Child of Koryaks peoples in native clothes, Ossora Village (Koryakskiy Peninsular) Russia, Asia

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

Southern Right Whale (Eubalaena australis). Mother and albino calf. The Cape, South Africa

This new born calf with its mother graceful glide together as the mother protects her calf and the calf learns essential behaviour to survive the open ocean. taken in Vava'u Tonga South Pacific

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

Mother teaching her child in a tribal village in India.

California Sea Lion (Zalophus californianus) mother and pupat Los Islotes in the Gulf of California (Sea of Cortez), Mexico.

Adult sea otter (Enhydra lutris kenyoni) mother and pup in Inian Pass, Southeastern Alaska, USA. Pacific Ocean

Adult sea otter (Enhydra lutris kenyoni) mother and pup in Inian Pass, Southeastern Alaska, USA. Pacific Ocean

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

Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) mother with calf swimming closeby. Wilhelmina Bay, Antarctic Peninsula

A leucistic Adelie penguin (Pygoscelis adeliae) adult feeding its "normal" colored chicks on Devil Island near the Antarctic Peninsula

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