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Every experience has a certain weight in someone’s life, but few things can stand out more than bearing and giving birth to a child. Photographer Moa Karlberg, originally from Stockholm, captured intimate moments of women during childbirth to show the differences in care for women in Europe and Africa. The series, named “Hundred Times a Difference,” was made in black and white and shows the expressions on the faces of women during childbirth. Attending labors in both Sweden and Tanzania, Karlberg kept her camera with her at all times and captured some amazing photographs, documenting the agony and ecstasy of…

Jack Andrew, Emmett Axel, Blakelee Kay and Beau Ryan – The babies mark the first quads born in Omaha this year and the first delivered at the Nebraska Medical Center in a decade. Information wasn’t available from state public health officials on whether they were the first born this year in the state. The babies are growing and thriving. All four babies are now at home with mom, dad and 10-year-old sister Elle after spending nearly a month in the neonatal intensive care unit. The couple Shalee and Andy McCarter used ꜰᴇʀᴛɪʟɪᴛʏ ᴛʀᴇᴀᴛᴍᴇɴᴛs to get pregnant. At first doctors thought…

In the Sundarbans, a teacher from Kolkata found people steeped in poverty, without one decent school for their children. She resolved to do something about it. In 2012, two women and a sewing machine made a 100-km journey from Kolkata to Hingalganj, an island in the Sundarbans in the lower Ganges delta, 5 km from the Bangladesh border. Today, that journey has resulted in the only English-medium school on the 238 sq. km island, all because one of those two women happened to be a teacher. Satarupa Mazumder, 46, remembers that day like it was yesterday. Her aunt, who lives…

Who would have thought that something so simple as a Black women swimming could be a revolutionary symbol for freedom? Historically there have been countless barriers for women around the accessibility of water, from the generational trauma of the Trans-Atlantic slave trade to the segregation of pools in the United States. It wasn’t until 1949 that public pools were desegregated. Although the law had changed, the hatred did not. Many Black people were intimidated, bullied, and sometimes violently kept out of swimming pools where white people swam. These racists restrictions often led to around 70% of African American children not…

As coordinator of one of the few forums dedicated solely to maternal and reproductive health in Washington, D.C., I am particularly excited about this year’s 100th anniversary of International Women’s Day. This day commemorates ordinary women doing extraordinary things and acknowledges both the progress made and barriers still faced by women worldwide. “When it comes to the boardroom meetings, government sessions, peace negotiations, and other assemblies where crucial decisions are made in the world, women are too often absent,” said Secretary of State Hillary Clinton during her remarks for International Women’s Day. “It is clear that more work needs to be done to consolidate our…

EGYPT archaeologists made a stunning discovery in one of the ancient civilisations most well-known spots, in what a modern historian dubbed “the greatest find of all time”. The Valley of the King is located on the west bank of the Nile, opposite Luxor, and is known to contain 63 tombs, including Ramses II, Ramses III and Pharaoh Seti. The most famous of the bunch though, KV62, belonged to the young Pharaoh Tutankhamun and was not excavated until 1922 by Howard Carter, under Lord Carnarvon. The tomb was packed with fortunes and it took more than eight years to to empty due to the state of the…

AN ARCHAEOLOGIST revealed the Mayan civilisation’s real predictions over the end of the world, after uncovering inscriptions on an ancient stone slate, a documentary revealed. The Mayans were a civilisation known for their architecture, mathematics and astronomical beliefs, who date back to as far as 2000BC. In 2012, there was a brief frenzy after it was claimed that December 21 would mark the end of the world because it was the end-date of a 5,126-year cycle on the Mayan calendar. However, thanks to the discovery on a stone slate in Tikal, Guatemala, archaeologists are able to understand more about this key date,…

AN ARCHAEOLOGIST claimed a discovery made in the caves of Chichen Itza could help “rewrite the history” of the ancient Mayan city. The Mayans were a civilisation known for their architecture, mathematics and astronomical beliefs, who date back to as far as 2000BC, with many of their impressive constructions still standing in the jungles of southeast Mexico, Guatemala, Belize and western parts of Honduras. Archaeologists hunting for a sacred well beneath the city of Chichen Itza in Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula accidentally discovered a trove of more than 150 ritual objects untouched for more than 1,000 years. The discovery of the cave system,…

MAYAN archaeologists hit the jackpot after discovering two cave systems were linked to create one huge underwater passage more than 216 miles long, which a historian has claimed is the longest in the world. The Mayans were a civilisation known for their architecture, mathematics and astronomical beliefs, who date back to as far as 2000BC, with many of their impressive constructions still standing in the jungles of southeast Mexico, Guatemala, Belize and western parts of Honduras. Last year, the Gran Acuifero Maya (GAM) project made a breakthrough after months of exploring a maze of underwater channels in the Yucatan Peninsula…

MAYAN archaeologists were able to gain a “snapshot” of a little-known civilisation in Mexico after digging 21 feet into an ancient temple The Mayans were a civilisation known for their architecture, mathematics and astronomical beliefs, who date back to 2000BC. Many of their impressive constructions still stand today in the jungles of southeast Mexico, Guatemala, Belize and western parts of Honduras. Puuc is the name of a region in the Mexican state of Yucatan, which includes the ancient “forgotten” town of Kiuic – abandoned by the civilisation 1,200 years ago. First documented in print by John Lloyd Stephens and Frederick Catherwood in the 19th century, modern-day archaeologist Dr George Bey…

Actor Robert Downey Jr. is loved as Tony Stark aka Iron Man to such an extent that his character has become sort of synonymous with the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Iron Man recently getting added to the National Film Registry goes on to say that the actor has certainly made a mark on the industry. Despite the legacy created by Robert Downey Jr. as Iron Man, his character had to, unfortunately, meet his end in the MCU. Paul Rudd Although a heroic and dare we say, a fitting end to the character, fans have been wondering if they will ever get to see…

Tobey Maguire, who starred as Peter Parker/Spider-Man in Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man trilogy from 2002 to 2007, shared that he took a few of his costumes home with him. During an AMA on the r/movies subreddit to promote his new movie Babylon, a fan asked Maguire if he had kept “anything cool” from the Spider-Man films. Maguire revealed that, like other superhero actors, he had kept some of his Spider-Man costumes, and added, possibly as a joke, that he uses them as pajamas. “I have a red Spidey suit and a black Spidey suit AKA my PJs,” he said. Following a decade-plus absence from the Spidey suit, Maguire reprised…

Eternals’ cliffhanger ending has been rumored to play into a surprising movie in the MCU’s Phase 5 in a major way. The MCU has always been a heavily connected universe with the significant events of each project regularly affecting others. So, with over a year passed since Eternals left the deceased Celestial Tiamut sticking out of the Indian Ocean, many are wondering why it has yet to be addressed. She-Hulk offered the first acknowledgment of the cosmic shocker after a news site was shown displaying a related article with the headline, “Why there is a giant statue of a man sticking out of the ocean.” Black Panther: Wakanda Forever was…

The history of India has many stories about brave women, those that whenever they got a chance they changed the rules and regulations of society. Becoming an IPS officer is not just about sitting on a chair and giving orders to others. It’s the most challenging job in India to maintain law and order. Millions of people try their luck to crack the UPSC exam every year and few manage to clear it. Today we talk about some of the top IPS officers of India who became inspired millions. 1. Sanjukta Parashar Known as Iron Lady of Assam Sanjukta Parashar is the…

Freddie Oversteegen was 14 years old, when a gentleman visited her family home in the Netherlands to ask her mother if she would allow her daughters to join the resistance. Ninety-year-old Freddie Oversteegen was one of the few women who were active in the Dutch resistance during World War II—along with her sister Truus and Hannie Schaft, who was killed just before the end of the war. When Freddie was 14 years old, a gentleman visited her family home to ask her mother if she would allow her daughters to join the resistance—no one would suspect two young girls of being…

Mum of the smallest surviving triplets ever born in Britain speaks of the agony in the weeks after their birth. When they were born in February, the gorgeous tots weighed just over 5lb each – about 2lb less than the average UK baby. The babies were born 14 weeks premature but, despite fears, have left the hospital and are now thriving. Kerrie-Anne Ellison, proud mum of two new daughters and a son who are now six months old, says: “Our hands looked enormous next to them. They looked so fragile in the incubators and they had to stay in the…

These pɑrents ɑre counting their blessings this Christmɑs, celebrɑting the ɑrrivɑl of their bɑby dɑughter ɑfter ɑn ɪɴᴄʀᴇᴅɪʙʟʏ sᴛʀᴇssFᴜʟ birth where her twin sᴀᴅʟʏ didn’t mɑke it. Despite being born ɑlmost three months eɑrly, Lily Bickerdike-Guile ᴅᴇFɪᴇᴅ ᴛʜᴇ ᴏᴅᴅs ᴏF ʜᴇʀ sᴜʀᴠɪᴠᴀʟ, ɑnd will be enjoying her first Christmɑs weeks before she wɑs officiɑlly due to be born. Tiny Lily wɑs born ɑlongside her twin sister Dɑisy on October 20 ɑt just 15oz ɑfter mum, Cheryl Guile, went into lɑbour ɑt 23 weeks. The twins were given just 20% chɑnce of sᴜʀᴠɪᴠᴀʟ ᴀɴᴅ, ᴛʀᴀɢɪᴄᴀʟʟʏ, Dɑisy ᴅᴇᴠᴇʟᴏᴘᴇᴅ ᴀ sᴇʀɪᴏᴜs ɪɴFᴇᴄᴛɪᴏɴ ᴀɴᴅ…

Jessa Duggar shared a slew of sweet photos of her baby daughter Fern five days after giving birth. Having a baby doesn’t always go according to plan. You can anticipate a ᴠᴀɢɪɴᴀʟ delivery and wind up having a C-sᴇᴄᴛɪᴏɴ, go into labor before you’ve completed your nursery, find yourself very pregnant days after your due date has passed or, in rarer cases, you could end up having your baby before you’ve made it to the hospital or birthing center where you’d planned to deliver. The Counting On star Jessa, 29, gave birth to Fern, her fourth child with husband Ben…

Mum Carla Crozier tells of joy and exhaustion as quads reach third birthday through tears, tantrums and promises of help which ‘never materialised’ As Corrie mum Gemma Winter’s struggle to cope with her quads grips millions of viewers, Carla Crozier knows what she’s going through. And, as her own four celebrate their third birthday, the whirlwind of joy, tears and exhaustion that lies ahead for her. Like Gemma’s babies, Carla’s four girls were born 12 weeks premature. But unlike the Corrie mum, played by Dolly-Rose Campbell, Carla’s were the result of a final I.V.F attempt with husband Paul to give…

Robert Downey Jr. revealed how Marvel Studios held back on Iron Man’s production to prepare for its potential underperformance. The MCU has grown to become the biggest franchise in the world today, but there was a time before the superhero craze when the thought of an Iron Man movie seemed crazy – particularly one starring Robert Downey Jr., who had, less than a decade prior, spent time in prison for drug-related crimes. But fast forward over 14 years and 38 MCU projects, the Iron Man trilogy stands as the seventh highest-grossing of all-time, Tony Stark is among the most recognizable heroes in the world, and Downey Jr. is one…

Kane Tanaka, the world’s oldest living person, is also now the all-time longest-living in Japan A 117-year-old woman with a weakness for fizzy drinks and chocolate has become Japan’s oldest person on record, as the country marks a public holiday devoted to its senior citizens. Kane Tanaka, who had already been recognised by the Guinness Book of Records as the world’s oldest living person in March last year, achieved the all-time Japanese age record on Saturday, when she became 117 years and 261 days old. The supercentenarian, who lives in a nursing home in the south-western city of Fukuoka, beat…

She had to undergo an ᴇᴍᴇʀɢᴇɴᴄʏ ᴄᴀᴇsᴀʀᴇᴀɴ sᴇᴄᴛɪᴏɴ and one of her twins ᴅɪᴇᴅ in childbirth. We tell you how this strange ɢʀɪᴇᴠɪɴɢ process happened. A UK mom gave birth to her twin girls at 29 weeks pregnant by ᴇᴍᴇʀɢᴇɴᴄʏ ᴄᴀᴇsᴀʀᴇᴀɴ sᴇᴄᴛɪᴏɴ after one of them tore her ᴜᴍʙɪʟɪᴄᴀʟ ᴄᴏʀᴅ. Unfortunately, only one of the little ones survived. The other baby did not make it, despite the efforts made by the medical team to try to resuscitate her. In order to help in the ɢʀɪᴇᴠɪɴɢ process, the hospital allowed this family to live with the baby for 15 days, thanks…

To have Grant, Mrs Carroll underwent ɪɴᴛʀᴀᴜᴛᴇʀɪɴᴇ ɪɴsᴇᴍɪɴᴀᴛɪᴏɴ, in which she took fertility drugs to boost her own eggs production before her husband’s sperm was injected directly into her ᴜᴛᴇʀᴜs. Heather Carroll, who is just 5’2″ tall, said the tiny babies – five girls and a boy – all ‘look wonderful’. She and her husband Mitchell also revealed they have named the six alphabetically, after the letters doctors gave them when they were still in the womb: Abbie, Brooklyn, Chloe, David, Ellie and Faith. She gave birth to the sextuplets by planned C-Section on Saturday morning, 28 weeks and one…

EGYPT locals in Luxor reportedly expressed concerns over plans to move Tutankhamun’s “cursed” coffin for the first time, as his new display in Cairo is “100 percent complete”. Known affectionately around-the-world as King Tut, the 18th Dynasty pharaoh is arguably the most famous royal of all ancient Egypt, and the discovery of his tomb – KV62 – by Howard Carter stunned the globe. But, within months of opening the Boy King’s sarcophagus, six archaeologists died, as well as Lord Carnarvon – the sponsor of the expedition – in what came to be known as the Curse of the Pharaohs. While the treasures of his tomb…