Raquel de Araújo cradles her twins Heloá and Heloisa, both born with microcephaly, as their sister Marcela looks on, in Areia, Paraíba, northeastern Brazil.

Raquel de Araújo holds her daughter Heloisa while her mother Maria José dresses Araújo Heloísa's twin sister Helóa after bathing the girls in their home in Areia, Paraíba, northeastern Brazil. The twins were born with microcephaly and Raquel cannot take care of them alone.

Heloá de Araújo’s grandmother gives her a bottle of milk. Heloá was born with microcephaly linked to the Zika virus.

Gabriel Sales Oliveira da Silva (aged one month), who was born with microcephaly connected to the Zika virus, receives physiotherapy in a specialized unit of the Dom Pedro 1 Municipal Hospital in Campina Grande, central Brazil.

Adriana Cordeiro Soares bathes her son João Miguel, who was born with microcephaly connected to the Zika virus, in São Vicente do Seridó, Paraiba, northeastern Brazil.

Adriana Cordeiro Soares cradles her son João Miguel, who was born with microcephaly connected to the Zika virus, in São Vicente do Seridó, Paraiba, northeastern Brazil.

Markione Gomes da Rocha cuddles her daughter Pérola at a friend’s house in Recife, Brazil, having traveled 400 kilometers to receive treatment for Pérola’s microcephaly.

Pérola da Rocha asleep in Recife, Brazil, having traveled 400 kilometers to receive treatment for her microcephaly.

An ophthalmologist examines Maria Alice Naiara (11 months) at the Altino Ventura Foundation in Recife, Brazil. A large percentage of babies born with microcephaly also have ocular lesions.

Valéria Gomes Ribeiro plays with João Lucas da Silva Soares (1) at home in Paulista, Recife, Brazil. Valéria has provisional custody of the boy, who was abandoned by his birth mother.

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