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Wednesday, July 11th, 2012
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WORLD POPULATION DAY 2012
by Associated Press

(AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A.)

Indian Muslim children from different government run Urdu-medium schools stand in queues to collect books and other study material that was distributed free of charge by a political party in Hyderabad, India, Wednesday, July 11, 2012. India is the second most populous country in the world, with 1.2 billion people, and is expected to overtake China around 2030 when its population soars to an estimated 1.6 billion.

(AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

A Filipino girl is carried by her mother as they join a family planning fair to commemorate World Population Day in Manila, Philippines on Wednesday July 11, 2012. Residents living in slum areas were given free family planning information, counseling and services as the event also coincides with the Global Family Planning Summit in London.

(AP Photo/ Rajanish Kakade)

A crowd swarms at a market area near a train station on the eve of World Population Day in Mumbai, India, Tuesday, July 10, 2012. Nearly 7 million commuters ride the overtaxed suburban rail network each work day in Mumbai. India is the second most populous country in the world with 1.2 billion people, and is expected to overtake China around 2030 when its population soars to an estimated 1.6 billion.

(AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

Filipino women and their children participate in a family planning fair to commemorate World Population Day in Manila, Philippines on Wednesday July 11, 2012. Residents living in slum areas were given free family planning information, counseling and services as the event also coincides with the Global Family Planning Summit in London.

(AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

Filipino children play near women residents at a family planning fair to commemorate World Population Day in Manila, Philippines on Wednesday July 11, 2012. Residents living in slum areas were given free family planning information, counseling and services as the event also coincides with the Global Family Planning Summit in London.


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The Olympian The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation brought world leaders together today, on World Population Day to kick off a $4 billion fundraising campaign to provide contraceptives for 120 million women worldwide.

The MY HERO Project Melinda Gates is passionate about helping mothers and children in developing nations.

Wikipedia For more about World Population Day.

The United Nations World Population Day 2012 "Universal Access to Reproductive Health Services"

 

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