Adam Stern comforts midwife Sarit Shatken-Stern as she labors at The Birthplace at Baystate Franklin Medical Center, where she works. © Alice Proujansky

"In the remote reaches of the Congo, young mothers follow an ancient tradition of living in isolation with their newborns for months or even years. Here’s what happens when they come back." From "The Spectacular Return of the Pigmy Mother." © Patrick Willocq