Joseph Yusuf plays basketball with his daughter, Jakayla Morton, 11, in Alexandria, Va., on March 29. Keren Carrión/NPR hide caption
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Almost half of all babies born in the U.S. in 2019 were born to unmarried mothers, a dramatic increase since 1960, when only 5% of births were to unmarried mothers. Al Bello/Getty Images hide caption
Ellen Griffin is a single mom with two kids in Birmingham, Ala. Tamika Moore for NPR hide caption
'Incredibly Scary': Single Moms Fear Falling Through Holes In Pandemic Safety Net
Dina el-Harazy and Adham Bagory were married in a private garden in Cairo, Egypt. Angel Miles teaches 5th graders for a D.C. public school. She worries about her students and herself during the pandemic. Figure skater Gian-Quen Isaacs practices at a rink in Cape Town, South Africa. The 15-year-old skater is holding fast to her Olympic dreams. Sima Diab, Dee Dwyer and Samatha Reinders for NPR hide caption
Unwed pregnant women in China face a legal gray zone where they are unable to access public services for themselves and their children. I Gede Bhaskara Ryandika/Getty Images/EyeEm hide caption
In China, Kids Of Unwed Mothers May Be Barred From Public Health Care, Education
(Left) Shana Steele with her three children. (Top) Vannessa Kamerschen with her daughter. (Bottom) David Meissner with his son. Courtesy of Shana Steele, Vannessa Kamerschen and David Meissner hide caption
Pam Rector (left) with her daughter Grace became a single mother by choice when she was ready to have a child. Liv Aannestad is expecting her first child in March through the same process, and like all expecting parents she has some questions. Courtesy of Pam Rector/Courtesy of Liv Aannestad hide caption
Brittiny Spears, 26, is not with the father of her daughter, Zykeiria, 4. "He just still wanted to go out and party and be a little boy," Spears says. Jennifer Ludden/NPR hide caption