A woman breastfeeds her child at the clinic in the Teacher's Village IDP camp where she is receiving post-natal care. The camp is home to 20,000 civilians who fled the conflict with Boko Haram.

A new mother feeding her baby in Ajiep camp.

Maria Teresa Caicedo, 23, poses for a portrait at her home while feeding her daughter Noa, 3 months. She is one of the three community teachers at Playa de Oro school. Maria is in the last year of h...

Maimuna Abdullahi with her children. 'My son was killed in fighting, killed by the insurgents when they attacked our village. We fled to Cameroon and were there for more than a year. Now we are here i...

Women selling fish in the city's main market.

Nunun Naher Begum, a teacher at Dhaka Nursing Collage, holds up a hand-sewn model breast that is used as a teaching aid in nursing and midwifery education. Students will also learn how to check breast...

Piraha women and children, standing next to their camp on the banks of the Maici River, watch drivers passing by on the Trans-Amazonian highway hoping to be given snacks or soft drinks.

Elton Antonio Moran, a coca farmer (cocalero), chews coca leaves while working in his coca plantation in rural Huancane, in the Yungas region. Former President and former coca farmer Evo Morales, for...

Ajany (60) feeds one of his children from a tin basin in the one room home where he lives with his brother Wol (70) and their children. Ajany's wife left about two years earlier while she was still br...

A bowl of cooked meat in the home of two elderly brothers who have scavenged the meat from butcher in the market. Ajany (60) lives in one room with his brother Wol (70) and their children. Ajany's wif...

Rosangela Pereira Vieira, an indigenous Terena woman in the village of Moreira, breastfeeding her daughter Ana Clara (2) who has tested positive for COVID-19. Her mother believes she might have contam...

A health worker helps a new mother breastfeed her baby in the village health centre's maternity ward.

A woman breastfeeds her young child at a Primary Health Care Unit.

A health education worker uses a doll to give a class of pregnant women a breastfeeding demonstration.

A grandmother feeding her grandaughter with expressed milk while taking care of her while the mother is at work.

A health worker talks to new mothers about the importance of exclusive breastfeeding.

A health worker gives a demonstration to new mothers on healthy food and breastfeeding.

A health worker helps a mother breastfeed her new born baby.

A health worker helps a mother breastfeed her new born baby.

A health worker helps a mother breastfeed her new born baby.

A health worker helps a mother breastfeed her new born baby.

A health worker helps a mother breastfeed her new born baby.

Phouthamath Sayyabounsou (35) breastfeeding her daughter Phouthakesobe (Gigi).

Simila Hang (Mee) (27) breastfeeding her son Vahoua Vang (eight months old) in the creche at the Laos Union's offices where she works.

Laddavanh Phanthavong (Tik) breastfeeding her child Nino Phanthavong (19 months) in her workplace creche. Tik, a first-time mother in her early thirties, works in the finance section at the Laos Women...

Laddavanh Phanthavong (Tik) breastfeeding her child Nino Phanthavong (19 months) in her workplace creche. Tik, a first-time mother in her early thirties, works in the finance section at the Laos Women...

Moe Moe Win (22) breastfeeding her two month old baby at her home in the Shwe Pyi Thar district.

Lucky Chocolate, Thiri Thet Naing, (22), a business woman, breastfeeds her 15 month old baby girl Victoria while working in her office.

Htet Htet Thi (28) with expressed breast milk that she stores in a fridge at her home so her baby can be bottle fed when she is out at work during the day.

Mothers with their newborn babies on a maternity ward at the Fabella Hospital.

Mothers with their newborn babies on a maternity ward at the Fabella Hospital.

A member of the paediatric medical staff helps a mother breastfeed her newborn twins on a maternity ward at the Fabella Hospital.

A member of the paediatric medical staff helps a mother breastfeed her newborn twins on a maternity ward at the Fabella Hospital.

A mother breastfeeding her newborn baby on a maternity ward at the Fabella Hospital.

A mother with her newborn twins on a maternity ward at the Fabella Hospital.

A woman breastfeeding her new born baby with the assistance of a health worker.

Bui Tran Yen Ly with her new born, premature baby (born in 32nd week), with her aunt in a ward at the Da Nang hospital for women and children.

Le Thi Cam Thinh breastfeeds her new born baby at the Da Nang hospital for women and children.

A nurse helps Le Thi Cam Thinh breastfeed her new born baby at the Da Nang hospital for women and children.

A nurse helps Huynh Thi My Hanh hold her new born baby that has just been delivered by c-section at the Da Nang hospital for women and children.

Bnuoch Thi Tiec breastfeeds her new born baby on the maternity ward at the Dong Giang District Health Centre.

Nguyen Thi Bich Van (39) and her husband Phan Xuan Tuan (46) with their twin new born babies at the Da Nang hospital for women and children.

A nurse helps Phạm Ly Na breastfeed her baby soon after giving birth in the Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology at Quang Nam General Hospital.

A representative of the Da Nang milk bank collects milk expressed by Huynh Thi Niem.

Sabina Kattel breastfeeding her 13 day-old daughter outside her home in Kettel Danda village.

Huynh Thi Niem uses a breast pump to collect expressed milk which she keeps in a fridge before it is collected by a representative of the Da Nang milk bank.

Ating Thi Luop breastfeeds her new born baby girl on the maternity ward at the Dong Giang District Health Centre.

A woman breastfeeding her new born child.

Murals painted on the wall of a health centre.

Huynh Thi Niem uses a breast pump to collect expressed milk at her home which she then donates to the Da Nang Milk bank.

Huynh Thi Niem uses a breast pump to collect expressed milk at her home while her mother looks on. She donates the milk to the Da Nang Milk bank.

Women and children at the 'Hakab Na!' (Big Latch On!), an annual event promoting breastfeeding that draws over 2000 mothers accompanied by their husbands and children.

Women and children hold up a version of 'Rosie the Riveter' at the 'Hakab Na!' (Big Latch On!), an annual event promoting breastfeeding that draws over 2000 mothers accompanied by their husbands and c...

Women and children at the 'Hakab Na!' (Big Latch On!), an annual event promoting breastfeeding that draws over 2000 mothers accompanied by their husbands and children.

A woman takes a selfie at the 'Hakab Na!' (Big Latch On!), an annual event promoting breastfeeding that draws over 2000 mothers accompanied by their husbands and children.

Women and children at the 'Hakab Na!' (Big Latch On!), an annual event promoting breastfeeding that draws over 2000 mothers accompanied by their husbands and children.

A mobile phone displays a picture of a woman and children at the 'Hakab Na!' (Big Latch On!), an annual event promoting breastfeeding that draws over 2000 mothers accompanied by their husbands and chi...

A mother breastfeeds her new born baby on a maternity ward at the Simao Mendez central hospital.

A mother breastfeeds her new born baby on a maternity ward at the Simao Mendez central hospital.

A mother holds her new born baby on a maternity ward at the Simao Mendez central hospital.

A woman expresses milk for her premature baby at the Philippine General Hospital (PGH).

Women breastfeeding their premature babies at the Philippine General Hospital (PGH).

A woman breastfeeding her child at the Daun Keo Health Centre.

Sherina, a competitor in the Y+ beauty contest, is hugged by her mother, Teopista, who congratulates her daughter for her third place. Sherina learned at age 5 that she had HIV. Her mother, Teopista,...

Backstage at the 4th edition of the Y+ beauty contest, an annual beauty pageant for young people living with HIV in Uganda, an event to fight social stigma. A group of contestants wait for their catwa...

Zoey Salucci-Mcdermott (21) breast feeding four week old Phoenix Harrington and Mike Harrington (22) with Uma Harrington (2). They are living in a donated Winnebago on a dairy farm 30 minutes drive no...

The day after their arrival to Uganda the Monday family is transported in a bus that takes them to the larger refugee centre in Kuluba. On the backseat is Farida Aba, 6, who has a high fever because o...

A coach carrying refugees arrives at the Bidibidi Refugee Settlement. In the centre, Angelina Monday is breastfeeding her youngest child Lillias Sadia (six months). The bus ride takes most of the day...

Angelina Monday (30, left) breastfeeding her daughter Lillias Sadia, who is less than six months old, as she rests along with her six children and other relatives who have finally reached Uganda after...

A Fulani woman breast feeeding her child. She is partof a group who fled their village of Woulpho Halpha and headed towards Gibo after being threatened by jihadists who gave them three days to leave t...

A Fulani woman breast feeding her baby. The Yattara family have been living in a shelter in Gibo for six months after they fled their village of Guika. Jihadists came to their village and told the res...

A group of ethnic women and children who fled their homes in the village of Sildaji after it was attacked by jihadists who killed the village pastor and six residents before returning, on 18 July 2019...

Sereyya Tur (38), a housewife and mother of three girls and one boy. She was diagnosed with thyroid cancer in 2016. After receiving treatment for two years, she had to stop because she got pregnant. E...

Two brothers Ajany (60) and Wol (70) live together in one small room with their children. Ajany's wife left about two years ago while she was still breastfeeding. Wol's wife died about three years ago...

Naomi Kpehyou (18) and John (4 months) her Afro-Asian child. When John was ony a month old, he started to become malbourished. Community workers saw that Naomi was bottle-feeding him and encourged her...

Adut Gerang (23) with a meal of sorghum and kudra that she will give to her children. Her family eat the same thing twice a day, but there can also be long periods of time without food. ''I can go thr...

A crocodile being sold on board a vessel operated by JCM Services travelling on the River Congo. The crocodile was being offered for about GBP 19.50.

In the Bidibidi settlement area, in the maternity ward of an NGO's health centre, South Sudanese refugee Scovia Karaba gives birth to her 4th child.

A South Sudanese refugee woman and her child rest at a transit camp after a journey from a border crossing point between South Sudan and Uganda. From here they will be sent to the main reception centr...

The wives of mahouts at Thayatsan Elephant Camp express their milk to feed the orphaned elephant calf Mi Chaw, who was suffering from severe diarrhoea after being feed powdered milk by the villagers w...

Five days ago, the mother of Bithule Bol, a 45-day-old girl, wanted to let her die. Today she breastfeeds him under the gaze of a relative. It has been 13 days since she was admitted to the pediatric...

As a woman breastfeeds a child beside him, cellist Danielo Kibatondo, who plays in one of the two Kimbanguist symphony orchestras in Kinshasa, rehearses at his home in the neighbourhood of Ngiri-Ngiri...

A woman breastfeeds a baby while running her food stall, which is lit by an oil lamp.

In 2016, after 50 years of armed rebellion, the FARC signed a peace accord and laid down their weapons. During their years of guerrilla warfare FARC members lived a hard life in the jungle where one o...

Bibi Tala brestfeeding her baby at a Bakhtiari nomad winter camp near Kohne ab, Arpanah. When she married she became part of her husband's family who have been coming to the same site, built on a rock...

A colleague stands behind Alejandra (32) as she breastfeeds her baby. The former FARC guerrilla gave birth alone in her tent a few months after hostilities ended. Alejandra was three months pregnant w...

Olga (her nom de guerre, who has now changed her name back to Angelina) breastfeeding her baby Jaduer in one of the 26 rehabilitation camps set up to help former FARC guerrillas transition from their...

A woman breastfeeding a baby in Tufa Miesa village.

A mother breastfeeds her baby in the neonatology unit at the Ghassani Hospital.

A medic helps a new mother breastfeed her baby in the neonatology unit at the Ghassani Hospital.