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July 2019 – Northern Jordan

The woman, in black niqab with only her eyes showing, handed off her newborn baby girl – just 13 days old – to her older daughter, perhaps age three. The three-year-old daughter did her best to sit still, cross-legged next to her mom, and hold her younger sister in the right way, supporting the neck and head.

They looked so cute, the two of them together in a tiny little heap of arms and legs. The older sister was trying so hard to hold the baby properly. She approached her task with a grave sense of responsibility.