979-9289 - Pregnant female southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina) giving birth on the beach near the abandoned whaling station at Stromness Bay on South Georgia Island in the Southern Ocean

979-9284 - Pregnant female southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina) giving birth on the beach near the abandoned whaling station at Stromness Bay on South Georgia Island in the Southern Ocean

979-9282 - Pregnant female southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina) giving birth on the beach near the abandoned whaling station at Stromness Bay on South Georgia Island in the Southern Ocean

979-9276 - Pregnant female southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina) giving birth on the beach near the abandoned whaling station at Stromness Bay on South Georgia Island in the Southern Ocean

979-4185 - Antarctic Fur Seal (Arctocephalus gazella) pup - in its dark lanugo birth coat - nursing on the island of South Georgia, southern Atlantic Ocean

979-9280 - Pregnant female southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina) giving birth on the beach near the abandoned whaling station at Stromness Bay on South Georgia Island in the Southern Ocean

807-1222 - Marc Chagall mural, Cathedral of the Birth of the Virgin, Vence, Alpes Maritimes, Provence, Cote d'Azur, France, Europe

911-7735 - White Storks (Ciconia ciconia) nesting on electricity pylons in the Coto Donana in Andalucia, Spain.

817-193928 - Panjim Goa, India, Muslims on parade during the Jashn-Eid-Milad Un Nabi feast, to commemorate prophet Mohammed's birth

817-193914 - Panjim Goa, India, Muslim boy during the Jashn-Eid-Milad Un Nabi feast, commemorating prophet Mohammed's birth

817-223720 - Restaurant on path to Urfa castle overlooking Dergah complex of Mosques surrounding Hazreti Ibrahim Halilullah, Phophet Abrahams Birth Cave and city, Sanliurfa (aka Urfa, the Prophets city), Anatolia, Turkey

817-217003 - Pink and White Carnation Bloom-fine art photography © Jane-Ann Butler Photography JABP361 RIGHTS MANAGED

817-193933 - Panjim Goa, India, Muslim girls during the Jashn-Eid-Milad Un Nabi feast, to commemorate prophet Mohammed's birth

817-193936 - Panjim Goa, India, Muslims praying during the Jashn-Eid-Milad Un Nabi feast, to commemorate prophet Mohammed's birth

817-193919 - Panjim Goa, India, Muslims on motor-bikes during the Jashn-Eid-Milad Un Nabi feast, to commemorate prophet Mohammed's birth

817-133288 - Vasija erotica ritual de la cultura Moche, Norte de Peru (200 aC - 700 d.C), Museo de Arqueologia Rafael Larco, Lima, Peru.

817-79425 - Martin Luther King Jr.'s birth home in Auburn Avenue (aka 'Sweet Auburn'), Atlanta, Georgia, USA

817-115191 - Loveness Kunde near the half way point in delivering her son at the Howard Hospital in Zimbabwe, She stoically delivers the child with a minimum of sound and without the aid of drugs, Loveness is HIV positive

817-33862 - D-Hagen, Ruhrgebiet, Nordrhein-Westfalen, D-Hagen-Westerbauer, Haus Harkorten, Gutsanlage, Herrenhaus, Baustil Bergischer Rokoko, Bergisches Land, Schwelmer Meisterschule, Freitreppe, Fenster, gruene Fensterlaeden, Geburtshaus von Gustav Harkort, Edu

817-46481 - Cetinje,Church of Birth of Holy Virgin of Cipur,1886,Montenegro

817-18096 - View of Sighisoara (Dracula's birth place) and the 'Tower of the Clock', Romania

817-12329 - Mexico, Nativity scene, Mexican pottery on local market

809-2218 - Siddartha Gautama's mother dreaming of a white elephant presenting her with a lotus flower, before the Buddha's birth, depited in the Life of Buddha, Seoul, South Korea, Asia

809-1603 - Greek Orthodox icon depicting Christ's birth, Thessaloniki, Macedonia, Greece, Europe

809-1605 - Greek Orthodox icon depicting Christ's birth, Thessaloniki, Macedonia, Greece, Europe

809-1565 - Greek Orthodox icon depicting Mary's birth, Thessalonica, Macedonia, Greece, Europe

809-1566 - Greek Orthodox icon depicting Mary's birth, Thessaloniki, Macedonia, Greece, Europe

809-23 - Stained glass of the birth of Isaac, son of Abraham and Sarah, Klosterneuburg, Austria, Europe

809-121 - Mosaic depicting Mary giving birth to Jesus Christ in Kariye Camii (Holy Saviour in Chora church ), Istanbul, Turkey, Europe

764-1316 - Masai giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis tippelskirchi) calf with its umbilical cord still attached, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, East Africa, Africa

641-11470 - Monastery of the Birth of the Virgin, Island of Kira Panagia, off Alonissos, Sporades Islands, Greek Islands, Greece, Europe

641-11469 - Monastery of the Birth of the Virgin, Island of Kira Panagia, off Alonissos, Sporades Islands, Greek Islands, Greece, Europe

641-11468 - Monastery of the Birth of the Virgin, Island of Kira Panagia, off Alonissos, Sporades Islands, Greek Islands, Greece, Europe

739-790 - The Birth of Venus by Botticelli, Florence, Tuscany, Italy, Europe

312-2700 - Goatskin manuscript said to be 2000 years old showing the birth of Jesus with animals blowing on him to keep him warm, church of Abuna Aftse, on site of a 6th century church, Yeha, Aksum, Ethiopia, Africa

251-3218 - Relief on the birth-house, Temple of Hathor, Dendera, Egypt, North Africa, Africa

733-552 - Nun inside the Church of the Nativity (birth place of Jesus Christ), Bethlehem, Israel, Middle East

733-553 - Priest and tourists praying in the Church of the Nativity (birth place of Jesus Christ), Bethlehem, Israel, Middle East

733-554 - Saint Francesco (St. Francis), Church of the Nativity (birth place of Jesus Christ), Bethlehem, Israel, Middle East

251-3225 - Aerial view over the Birth House and the Coptic Church, at the Temple of Hathor, Dendera, Egypt, North Africa, Africa

251-3226 - Birth-house and Coptic church, Temple of Hathor, Dendera, Egypt, North Africa, Africa

450-3804 - Birth house, forecourt, Temple of Dendera, Middle Egypt, Egypt, North Africa, Africa

763-634 - Precolumbian Ceramics Nazca Culture, 200-800AD vase showing a mother giving birth with mythical portraits in the collection of the Museo Amano, Lima, Peru