The newborn Lilly Sophie, the twins Philip and Louis, Marco and Marlene (L-R) lie in the arms of the head nurse of the maternity ward, Madelaine Birgel (R), and nurse Kathleen Wolf at the University Women’s Hospital in Leipzig, Germany, 22 June 2011. In comparison to 2010 a trend towards a rising birth rate looms in the hospital. Till mid June more than 1,000 children were born in the women’s hospital. Photo: Waltraud Grubitzsch
