Mariana Limachi

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In this June 18, 2017 photo, Mariana Limachi holds her swaddled newborn Abraham Dilan next to her husband Wilder Chambi, their first child, after giving birth inside their home with the help of a midwife in El Alto, Bolivia. After Limachi was told by a doctor that she needed a C-section, she sobbed uncontrollably all the way to a small shop where she sells disposable dishes in El Alto, the sprawling sister city of the Bolivian capital, La Paz. One of her clients advised her to seek a midwife. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)