Sextuplets born in the Dominican Republic
A woman in the Dominican Republic has given birth to sextuplets.
The three male and three female infants were born by caesarean section on Monday to Maxima Perez, 33, and weighed about 0.9 kilograms (2 pounds) each, said Dashira Martinez, a spokeswoman for Plaza de la Salud medical centre in the capital, Santo Domingo.