Danica May Camacho, who was born two minutes before midnight on October 30, 2011 is one of the 7 billionth baby according to the United Nations. Danica was born at Jose Fabella Memorial in Manila, Philippines and was welcomed with a chocolate cake marked “7B Philippines” and a gift certificate for free shoes. There were bursts of photographers’ flashes, and speeches by local officials.
This celebrations – one in many around the world, though, reflected symbolism more than demography. Among the millions of births and deaths around the globe daily, it is impossible to pinpoint the arrival of the world’s 7 billionth baby. So the United Nation chose Monday, October 31, 2011, to mark the day with a string of festivities worldwide, and a series of symbolic 7-billionth babies being born. Danica, doctors say,was close enough to count for a Monday birthday.
With the wold’s population continuing to grow at the rapid pace, pretty soon the world’s most typical face would not belong to a Han-Chinese man anymore.
