May 23, 2013
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Biologically, a child is a human between the stages of birth and puberty. Some biological definitions of a child include the fetus, as being an unborn child. The legal definition of "child" generally refers to a minor, otherwise known as a person younger than the age of majority.
"Child" may also describe a relationship with a parent or, metaphorically, an authority figure, or signify group membership in a clan, tribe, or religion; it can also signify being strongly affected by a specific time, place, or circumstance, as in "a child of nature" or "a child of the Sixties".
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![Yemeni women 'worse off' after uprising, amid deepening food crisis [BBC Arabic, UK]](/images/image_cache/base-11213000/11213503/thumbnail.width=304,height=171,grow=1,crop=center.jpg?sig=31ad56917e9f94f6347239380e072fe3)
![Rights group reports 'appalling' torture of Syrian children [BBC Arabic, UK]](/images/image_cache/base-11080000/11080805/thumbnail.width=304,height=171,grow=1,crop=center.jpg?sig=8cd944a60b8007e7907a091fb70a4cce "Reuters/Adem Altan/Pool")
![More Palestinian children suffering from hunger in Gaza as Israeli siege continues [BBC Arabic, UK]](/images/image_cache/base-7572000/7572028/thumbnail.width=304,height=171,grow=1,crop=center.jpg?sig=3cc337ed100329f12cba96a462b04a20)