The Day in Photos – April 22, 2017

Grandmother Maria Jose holds her twin granddaughters Heloisa and Heloa Barbosa, both born with microcephaly, outside of their house as they pose for photos at the twins' one-year birthday party on April 16, 2017 in Areia, Paraiba state, Brazil. The twins turned one-year old on April 14th but mother Raquel decided to hold their birthday party on Easter Sunday. Raquel said she contracted the Zika virus during her pregnancy. As many of the babies born with microcephaly, believed to be linked to the Zika virus, approach or have already turned one year old in the region, doctors and mothers are adapting and learning treatments to assist the children. Many suffer a plethora of difficulties including vision and hearing problems with doctors now labeling the overall condition as congenital Zika syndrome. Authorities recorded thousands of cases in Brazil in which the mosquito-borne Zika virus may have led to microcephaly in infants. Microcephaly results in an abnormally small head in newborns and is associated with various disorders. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)
The Day in Photos – April 22, 2017
   
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