Nonuplets born in Moroccan hospital – in pictures

The mother, 25-year-old Halima Cisse, gave birth to five girls and four boys by caesarean section in early May

A nurse takes care of one of the nine babies born to one mother in Morocco this month. The five girls and four boys are being cared for at the Ain Borja clinic in Casablanca. AP Photo

The mother, 25-year-old Halima Cisse, from Mali, gave birth to the nine healthy babies by caesarean section in early May, under the care of a team of 10 doctors and 25 paramedics. AP Photo

The Guinness Book of World Records is verifying the Morocco birth. In the only two previously recorded instances of nonuplets, in Australia in 1971 and Malaysia in 1999, all of the babies died within days of being born. AP Photo

The current holder of the Guinness record is American Nadya Suleman, who gave birth to eight premature but otherwise healthy children in 2009. AP Photo

Paediatrician Dr Msayif Khali looks at one of the nine babies. All are expected to spend between two and three months in incubators while they grow. The Malian government flew the babies' mother to Casablanca for specialist care during her pregnancy. AP Photo

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