The 'baby box' at Joosarang church in Seoul, South Korea. Pastor Lee Jong-rak, who runs the box, has seen a sharp increase in the number of newborns being left because of a new law aimed at protecting the rights of children. South Korea is trying to shed a reputation of being a source of babies for adoption by people abroad. It is encouraging domestic adoption and tightening up the process of a child's transfer from birth mother to adoptive parents

Photograph: Kim Hong-Ji/Reuters