Sue Hodgkiss (left, 68), Naomi Gilbert (centre, 64) and Eva Upton (right, 63) sort through donations to the food bank at Rugeley Community Church. In 2012, the food bank was relatively new. Since then...

Heiour Maria Runarsdottir and Michelle Savage with their first child four days after it was born on 13 December 2021. According to tradition, the baby's name, Atlas Elliott Savage Heioarson, wasn't re...

Twins Baldur Logi (R) and Brynja Lill have a bath together in their home in Reykjavik. A baby boom in Nordic nations comes as many other wealthy countries are seeing declining birth rates. The twin's...

Drifa Hrund Guomundsdottir with her twins Baldur Logi and Brynja Lill out shopping. Guomundsdottir said that 'usually (my daughters) would be busy with friends or sports', but during COVID lockdowns...

A group of women with their babies watch as Snorri Magnusson lets one of the children stand on his hands during a parent and child session in a swimming pool. Snorri Magnusson started giving swimming...

A group of women with their babies watch as Snorri Magnusson lets one of the children stand on his hands during a parent and child session in a swimming pool. Snorri Magnusson started giving swimming...

A group of women with their babies watch as Snorri Magnusson lets one of the children stand on his hands during a parent and child session in a swimming pool. Snorri Magnusson started giving swimming...

Twins Baldur Logi and Brynja Lill in a pram outside their home in Reykjavik. Their mother Drifa Hrund Guomundsdottir said that 'usually (my daughters) would be busy with friends or sports', but durin...

A group of men and women with their babies with teacher Snorri Magnusson during a parent and child session in a swimming pool. Snorri Magnusson started giving swimming lessons for babies in 1990. Curr...

Parents with their babies in a swimming pool at a session run by Snorri Magnusson who started giving swimming lessons for babies in 1990 although he says swimming is just a minor part of his teaching,...

Lilja Karen Kjartansdottir holds her son Juli Antonio Aronsson. At the start of the pandemic, Kjartansdottir was studying tourism with a view to enter Iceland's booming travel industry. When the pande...

Lilja Karen Kjartansdottir (blond hair) with her son Juli Antonio Aronsson in a children's play area. With her career on hold due to the pandemic, Kjartansdottir knew Iceland's generous parental leave...

Pregnant women shopping at Barnaloppan, a second hand children's clothing shop.

Drifa Hrund Guomundsdottir takes a nap with her twins, one of two they take per day, at their home in Reykjavik. During the pandemic, Guomundsdottir says she cherished the extra time she had with her...

Drifa Hrund Guomundsdottir carries her twins through the outskirts of Reykjavik on a cold winter day after they went for a doctor's appointment and visited a grocery shop.