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World population reaches 7 billion
World population reaches 7 billion
World population reaches 7 billion
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, is weighed in government's Fabella Maternity hospital in Manila October 31, 2011. The world's population will reach seven billion on 31 October 2011, according to projections by the United Nations, which says this global milestone presents both an opportunity and a challenge for the planet. While more people are living longer and
World population reaches 7 billion
Newborn boy Pyotr Nikolaev, who has become the seven-billionth inhabitant on Earth according to the United Nations representatives, lies in his mothers' hands during a certificate-giving ceremony at a regional perinatal centre in Russia's enclave of Kaliningrad October 31, 2011. Aleksandr Mordovin, the UNFPA (the United Nations Population Fund) Program Advisor in Russia, presented a certificate of the seven-billionth inhabitant on Earth to mother Marina Nikolaeva, who gave birth to newborn Pyotr
World population reaches 7 billion
Marina Nikolaeva holds her newborn son Pyotr, who has become the seven-billionth inhabitant on Earth according to the United Nations representatives, during a certificate-giving ceremony at a regional perinatal centre in Russia's enclave of Kaliningrad October 31, 2011. Aleksandr Mordovin, the UNFPA (the United Nations Population Fund) Program Advisor in Russia, presented a certificate of the seven-billionth inhabitant on Earth to Nikolaeva, who gave birth to newborn Pyotr at 00:02 October 31 in
World population reaches 7 billion
A midwife holds a newborn baby girl named Danica Camacho, the Philippines' symbolic "seven billionth baby" who is part of the United Nations' seven billion global population projection, in Fabella Maternity hospital in Manila October 31, 2011. The world's population will reach seven billion on 31 October 2011, according to projections by the United Nations, which says this global milestone presents both an opportunity and a challenge for the planet. While more people are living longer and health
World population reaches 7 billion
Marina Nikolaeva (L) holds her newborn son Pyotr, who has become the seven-billionth inhabitant on Earth according to the United Nations representatives, as she listens to Aleksandr Mordovin (R) , the UNFPA (the United Nations Population Fund) Program Advisor in Russia, during a certificate-giving ceremony at a regional perinatal centre in Russia's enclave of Kaliningrad October 31, 2011. Aleksandr Mordovin, the UNFPA (the United Nations Population Fund) Program Advisor in Russia, presented a ce
World population reaches 7 billion
Filipina mother Camille kisses her newly born baby girl named Danica Camacho, the Philippines' symbolic seven billionth baby, as part of the United Nations' seven billion global population projection, in government's Fabella Maternity hospital in Manila on Monday Oct. 31, 2011. (AP Photo/Erik De Castro, Pool)
World population reaches 7 billion
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 Monday Oct.31, 2011 in Manila, Philippines. 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. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)
World population reaches 7 billion
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 on Monday Oct. 31, 2011.(AP Photo/Erik De Castro, Pool)
World population reaches 7 billion
A Filipina mother gives birth to a baby girl, the Philippines' symbolic seven billionth baby, as part of the United Nations' seven billion global population projection, in government's Fabella Maternity hospital in Manila October 31, 2011. The world's population will reach seven billion on 31 October 2011, according to projections by the United Nations, which says this global milestone presents both an opportunity and a challenge for the planet. While more people are living longer and healthier
World population reaches 7 billion
Chieko Takeda, 30, and her husband, Kei, 27, share a smile with their newborn baby girl at a hospital in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, Monday Oct. 31, 2011. Kyodo News reported Chieko whose family house was swept away by the March 11 tsunami, and Kei, who has worked restlessly as a police officer after the disaster, plan to apply the "7 billionth baby certificate" issued to all the babies born on the day by the United Nations Population Fund Tokyo office as a token of the milest
World population reaches 7 billion
Arti Kirloskar, secretary of the Plan India Board, presents the birth certificate to the mother of Nargis, a symbolic 7 billionth girl child, at the Community Health Center in Mall, about 45 kilometers (28 miles) from Lucknow, India's most populous state of Uttar Pradesh, India, Monday, Oct. 31, 2011. According to the U.N. Population Fund, there will be symbolic "seven billionth" baby Earth's land and resources on Oct. 31. Already the second most populous country with 1.2 billion people, India i
World population reaches 7 billion
Father and mother look at their symbolic 7 billionth girl child, Nargis, at the Community Health Center in Mall, about 45 kilometers (28 miles) from Lucknow, India's most populous state of Uttar Pradesh, India, Monday, Oct. 31, 2011. According to the U.N. Population Fund, there will be symbolic "seven billionth" baby Earth's land and resources on Oct. 31. Already the second most populous country with 1.2 billion people, India is expected to overtake China around 2030 when its population soars to
World population reaches 7 billion
Midwives hold 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, in government's Fabella Maternity hospital in Manila October 31, 2011. The world's population will reach seven billion on 31 October 2011, according to projections by the United Nations, which says this global milestone presents both an opportunity and a challenge for the planet. While more people are living longer a
World population reaches 7 billion
A doctor attends to a new-born Chinese baby boy at a hospital in Zouping, east China's Shandong province on October 31, 2011. Asia welcomed the first of the world's symbolic "seven billionth" babies October 31, but celebrations were tempered by worries over the strain that humanity's population explosion is putting on a fragile planet. CHINA OUT AFP PHOTO
World population reaches 7 billion
Midwives hold 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, in government's Fabella Maternity hospital in Manila Monday, Oct. 31, 2011. (AP Photo/Erik De Castro, Pool)
World population reaches 7 billion
Danica Mae Camacho, the Philippine's symbolic 7 billionth baby is coddled by her mother Camille during a welcoming ceremony after she was given birth at a government-run maternity hospital in Manila early October 31, 2011. The Philippines welcomed its' symbolic seven billionth baby October 31 with a celebratory cheer at a packed government-run maternal hospital. Weighing 2.5 kilos, Danica May was delivered just shortly before midnight October 30 amid an explosion of flash bulbs from a media cont
World population reaches 7 billion
A midwife holds newly born baby girl named Danica Camacho, the Philippines' symbolic seven billionth baby, as part of the United Nations' seven billion global population projection, in government's Fabella Maternity hospital in Manila on Monday Oct. 31, 2011. (AP Photo/Erik De Castro, Pool)
World population reaches 7 billion
A doctor attends to a new-born Chinese baby boy at a hospital in Zouping, east China's Shandong province on October 31, 2011. Asia welcomed the first of the world's symbolic "seven billionth" babies October 31, but celebrations were tempered by worries over the strain that humanity's population explosion is putting on a fragile planet. AFP PHOTO
World population reaches 7 billion
Danica Camacho is cuddled by her mother Camille as her father Florante Galura holds a cake shortly after she was born at the Government's Fabella Hospital Monday Oct.31, 2011 in Manila, Philippines. 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. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)
World population reaches 7 billion
Filipina mother Camille holds her newborn baby girl named Danica Camacho, the Philippines' symbolic "seven billionth baby" who is part of the United Nations' seven billion global population projection, in Fabella Maternity hospital in Manila October 31, 2011. The world's population will reach seven billion on 31 October 2011, according to projections by the United Nations, which says this global milestone presents both an opportunity and a challenge for the planet. While more people are living l
World population reaches 7 billion
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 October 31, 2011. The world's population will reach seven billion on October 31, 2011, according to projections by the United Nations, which says this global milestone presents both an opportunity and a challenge for the planet. While more people are living longer and healthier lives, sa
World population reaches 7 billion
Marina Nikolaeva holds her newborn son Pyotr, who has become the seven-billionth inhabitant on Earth according to the United Nations representatives, during a certificate-giving ceremony at a regional perinatal centre in Russia's enclave of Kaliningrad October 31, 2011. Aleksandr Mordovin, the UNFPA (the United Nations Population Fund) Program Advisor in Russia, presented a certificate of the seven-billionth inhabitant on Earth to Nikolaeva, who gave birth to newborn Pyotr at 00:02 October 31 in
World population reaches 7 billion
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, is weighed in government's Fabella Maternity hospital in Manila on Monday Oct. 31, 2011. (AP Photo/Erik De Castro, Pool)
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