Childbirth. A newborn baby lies on its mother's stomach while a midwife checks its heartbeat with a stethoscope. The umbilical cord is still attached.

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Childbirth. A newborn baby lies on its mother's stomach while a midwife checks its heartbeat with a stethoscope. The umbilical cord is still attached. Photographed at the Academic Medical Centre in the University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

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Photo credit: © HORACIO SORMANI/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
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