Nude figurines of a mother suckling her baby and a couple with an infant in Prague, Czech Republic in January 2014

Nude figurines of a mother suckling her baby and a couple with an infant in Prague, Czech Republic in January 2014

A pretty girl with a baby in Gapuwiyak, Northern Territory

A pretty girl with a baby in Gapuwiyak, Northern Territory in June 2009

A Hmong woman and her baby in Sapa, Vietnam

A Hmong woman and her baby in Sapa, Vietnam in January 2012

Nude statue of a mother suckling her child in a shop in Prague, Czech Republic

Nude statue of a mother suckling her child in a shop in Prague, Czech Republic in February 2014

Parents with daughter in Johannesburg, South Africa

Parents with daughter in Johannesburg, South Africa in February 2015

In the old quarter

Man and child on a motorbike in Hanoi, Vietnam in January 2012. Rubbish on the left

Balinese mother and baby

A mother with her baby in Jalan Silang Karang road in Ubud, Bali, Indonesia in June 2011

Pushing baby

Woman with a toddler and a friend in Sukhumvit, Bangkok, Thailand in June 2011

Yasan Bumi Sehat

Sticker on the back of a motorbike in Ubud, Bali in June 2011. Yayasan Bumi Sehat. Bumi Sehat Foundation International, founded in 1995, is a non-profit, village-based organization of dedicated families, midwives, doctors, nurses, teachers and volunteers from Indonesia and other countries around the world. Bumi Sehat runs two by-donation community health centers in Bali and Aceh, Indonesia that provide over 17,000 health consultation for both children and adults per year. Midwifery services to ensure gentle births is at the heart of Bumi Sehat and our clinics welcome approximately 600 new babies into the world each year.

Child's cross

A grave at Galong Cemetery, which dates from the 1830s and is 100 km west of Canberra. The photo was taken in September 2007. An historic, peaceful and beautiful place. Esma Shea, an infant, died age 3 months 80 years ago, but the sadness felt by her parents is still palpable.

Trying to fish at Fanny Bay

This father is trying to fish at Fanny Bay, Darwin, but his son has other ideas. Photo taken in July 2008