Mal, Uttar Pradesh:
A baby girl named Nargis who was born early this morning at a village in Uttar Pradesh has been declared one of the world's symbolic "seven billionth" babies.
Nargis was born in the village Malliahabad in UP to proud parents Ajay Kumar and Vinita.
A function was held at the community health centre here in association with children welfare NGO Plan India and the health department. Plan India wants to use the occasion to draw the world's attention to India's seven million "missing" girls - a reference to widespread female foeticide and infanticide in a society that traditionally prefers male children.
The Philippines also welcomed one of the world's symbolic "seven billionth" babies . Weighing 2.5 kilos (5.5 pounds), Danica May Camacho was delivered just before midnight Sunday amid an explosion of camera flashes in the delivery room at Manila's Jose Fabella Memorial Hospital.
According to the UN Population Fund (UNFPA) State of the World Population Report, the Philippines is the 12th most populous country in the world with 94.9 million people.
China continues to have the biggest share of the population at 1.35 billion, followed by India at 1.24 billion.
The United Nations named a Bosnian baby, Adnan Mevic, as the Earth's six billionth inhabitant on October 12, 1999. The secretary general at the time, Kofi Annan, was pictured in a Sarajevo hospital with Mevic in his arms.
The Mevic family is now struggling in poverty at their Sarajevo home, which is partly why no baby will be put in the global spotlight this time.