7 billionth 'babies'
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Danica Camacho is cuddled by her mother Camille as they are wheeled out of the delivery room of the Government's Fabella Hospital moments after she was born in Manila. The Philippines, ranked 12th as the most populated country in the world, joins the rest of the world as it welcomes its symbolic 7 billionth baby in simple ceremony in Manila.
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Newly born Turkish baby boy Yusuf Efe cries next to his mother Gamze Ozkan, unseen, at the Zekai Tahir Burak maternity hospital in Ankara, Turkey.
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A volunteer at a Community Health Center in Mall, near the central east Indian city of Lucknow holds a new born baby girl as her mother watches. According to Plan International, a non govermental organisation for children's welfare the seventh billion inhabitant of earth was born in India.
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New born baby girl Nargis sleeps in her mother Vinita, 23, arms hours after she delivered the baby at a Community Health Center in Mall, near the central east Indian city of Lucknow. According to Plan International, a non govermental organization for children's welfare, Nargis was selected to be the seventh billion human on earth.
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A newly born baby girl named Danica Camacho, the Philippines' symbolic seven billionth baby, as part of the United Nations' seven billion global population projection, lies on the chest of her mother Camille in government's Fabella Maternity hospital in Manila.
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Midwives hold a newborn baby girl named Danica Camacho, the Philippines' symbolic "seven billionth baby", as part of the U.N.'s seven billion global population projection, in Fabella Maternity hospital in Manila.
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Gamze Ozkan, 18, holds her new born baby boy, Yusuf Efe, with her husband, Mustafa Ozkan, 23, at the Zekai Tahir Burak maternity hospital in Ankara, Turkey. According to the UN Population Fund, Yufuf Efe, son of the unemployed mother and a worker husband, will be one of 7 billion people sharing Earth's land and resources.
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Sleeping on animal fur bed reduces asthma risk in infants
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S.Uma holds her new born baby boy at Governement Gandhi Hospital in Hyderabad. The United Nations says that by its best estimates the seven billionth baby will be born somewhere on October 31, and countries around the world have planned events surrounding the demographic milestone.
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