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In the Yunnan Province, China, the horn-shaped hairstyle these women are wearing indicates they have had children. PHOTOGRAPH BY CHINA INLAND MISSION, TORONTO, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC CREATIVE![]() |
Women walk hand in hand with their children in northern Mongolia. PHOTOGRAPH BY ETHAN D. LE MUNYON, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC CREATIVE![]() |
Dressed in traditional clothing, a woman in northern Mongolia carries her son on her back. PHOTOGRAPH BY ETHAN C. LE MUNYON, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC CREATIVE![]() |
A Toda infant child sleeps in her mother's embrace at Nilgiri Hill, near Madras, India. PHOTOGRAPH BY ELIZA R. SCIDMORE, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC CREATIVE![]() |
A Tingian woman carries a child on her back and balances a basket on her head in Luzon Island, Philippines.Picture of a mother and her child in Philippines Picture of a Russian immigrant mother and her children in the United States Picture of a mother and![]() |
A Swiss mother reaches for her daughter's hand, which is full of flowers.Picture of a mother and her child in Switzerland Picture of a mother and her child in China Picture of a mother and her child in China Picture of a Slovak Hungarian immigrant mother![]() |
A Slovak Hungarian immigrant to the United States holds her infant and stands by her son. PHOTOGRAPH BY FREDERIC C. HOWE, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC CREATIVE![]() |
A sleeping baby in a woven cradle hangs from his mother's head in Papua New Guinea. PHOTOGRAPH BY A.B. LEWIS, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC CREATIVE![]() |
A maid and her mistress hold the hands of a small child while shopping for dishes on a Ter Goes sidewalk in Holland. PHOTOGRAPH BY EMIL P. ALBRECHT, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC CREATIVE![]() |
A Sami woman, toddler, and infant in Lapland, Finland, sit on pelts that soften their surroundings and keep them warm. The infant is in a cradleboard, a traditional protective baby carrier. PHOTOGRAPH BY BORG MESCH, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC CREATIVE![]() |
A Russian immigrant to the United States stands with her three children. PHOTOGRAPH BY FREDERIC C. HOWE, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC CREATIVE![]() |
A mother in the Middle East breastfeeds her baby as she sits outside her home. PHOTOGRAPH BY AMERICAN COLONY PHOTOGRAPHERS, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC CREATIVE![]() |
A mother in Cambodia balances her child on her hip. PHOTOGRAPH BY NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC CREATIVE![]() |
A mother holds her baby and a surgeon's yardstick while posing for a photo in Cuzco Valley, Peru. PHOTOGRAPH BY HIRAM BINGHAM, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC CREATIVE![]() |
A mother and daughter watch for a signal fire through a telescope in Arizona's Grand Canyon. PHOTOGRAPH BY KOLB BROTHERS, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC CREATIVE![]() |
A mother and child stand under corn hung to dry over the entrance to their home in Postyen, Hungary. PHOTOGRAPH BY A.W. CUTLER, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC CREATIVE![]() |
A mother carries her baby, surrounded by pillows, down the street in Mezokovesd, Hungary. PHOTOGRAPH BY A.W. CUTLER, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC CREATIVE![]() |
A Javanese mother nurses her child on Java Island, Indonesia. PHOTOGRAPH BY ELIZA R. SCIDMORE, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC CREATIVE![]() |
A Japanese woman carries her twins on her back with a cross wrap. PHOTOGRAPH BY ELIZA R. SCIDMORE, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC CREATIVE![]() |
A Hungarian woman spins wool as her baby sleeps on her lap.PHOTOGRAPH BY D.W. IDDINGS, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC CREATIVE![]() |
An elderly Flemish grandmother in Belgium hugs a child. PHOTOGRAPH BY NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC CREATIVE![]() |
A Chinese mother and her child wear traditional clothing from the Manchurian region of China. PHOTOGRAPH BY ELIZA R. SCIDMORE, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC CREATIVE![]() |
A Ceylonese mother rests a child on her hip. PHOTOGRAPH BY ELIZA R. SCIDMORE, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC CREATIVE![]() |
A Bedouin mother, elaborately adorned with jewellery, gazes at her infant child in the early 1900s. PHOTOGRAPH BY GARRIGUES, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC CREATIVE![]() |
A young Algerian couple in Biskra stand with their toddler in front of a building. PHOTOGRAPH BY NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC CREATIVE![]() |