19th Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest People
the birth of a mother in times of pandemic

during childbirth in an urban occupation in the port of Rio de Janeiro. in Brazil, 600,000 people died from the pandemic, many women chose to give birth at home because of the covid-19, the birth is in one Urban Ocupation, 33 million Brazilians have no place to live, according to an ONU survey.

Photo Detail
Date Taken: 10.2021
Date Uploaded: 10.2021
Photo Location: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T6i
Copyright: © Pablo Vergara