Irish Traveller makes political history, Kyrgyz app tackles bride kidnapping, redefining rape in Sweden

Brazil newspaper’s pro-democracy campaign, rainbow flags on Moscow embassies, wild ass making history

Black in Fashion Council, Afghanistan’s green stimulus, Mãori voices centred on topic of colonisation

Africa unites against COVID-19, e-learning phones for Lagos children, the university only hiring women

Protection of immigrants in the US, suicide prevention initiative in Brazil, conservation by counting lions

Tinder for trees, refugees running language courses, robotic sloths monitoring the environment

LGBT workers backed by Supreme Court, alternatives to policing in the US, Diego the libidinous tortoise

Zero deforestation agreement in the Amazon, sailboat-powered coffee beans, biodiverse mini-forests

Saving the world’s pangolins, smart farming app rescuing crops, coral reef satellite protection

Ethiopia to plant 5 billion trees, New York legislates for police accountability, Britain goes coal-free

Minneapolis plans to abolish police, anti-discrimination law in Berlin, bees and butterflies on Irish farms

Far-right hashtags drowned with K-pop content, Germany boosts electric car charging, working without bosses

Minneapolis schools cut police ties, eco-friendly cow burps, friendship benches in Zimbabwe

Surfing therapy in Cape Town, turtle hatchling initiative, empowering women through sustainable travel

World’s rarest primate escapes extinction, France’s first transgender mayor, ‘miniature rewilding’ in UK

Opt-out organ donation, malaria vaccines, collaboration between doctors and traditional healers

Desert transformed into forest in China, Barbie protests the male gaze in art, stork chicks hatch in UK

Plant-based bottles, video games teaching children about COVID, database helps conservation efforts

Domestic violence facilities in Brazil, Scottish schools look outdoors, grime and drill offers sound advice

Finnish basic income scheme success, Germany bans conversion therapy, hands-free sanitising stations

Malaria-resistant microbe discovered, chalking up forgotten flora, Uzbekistan recognises stateless citizens

Wildlife given citizenship, planting 10 billion trees, assault weapons banned in Canada

FGM criminalisation in Sudan, LED lights save fish trapped in nets, end of coal power in Sweden and Austria

Vilnius becomes giant open-air cafe, Chile’s fishing net recycling mission, helping women into work in Pakistan

Ocean plastic-hunting satellites, rooftop wind power boost, the UK’s first openly HIV-positive mayor

Milan plans radically greener future, Olaf the IVF toad is born, indigenous detainees in US given voice

Carbon capturing artificial jellyfish, laptops for online lessons, largest ever online mobilisation for Earth Day

War veteran’s fundraising efforts, blood donation accessibility for gay men, LGBT+ protection in Virginia

Concrete penguins, India’s postal service becomes lifeline, phantoms enforcing lockdown in Indonesia

Bionic coral to save reefs around the world, urine tests to prevent malnutrition, the COVID tracing app

WWF’s ocean cleanup initiative, end of dog meat consumption, sustainable Nepalese hospital

Amsterdam’s planet-first economic model, mating pandas, indigenous rights in Brazil

Domestic violence support in the Yukon, solar panel driveways, deterring youth gang crime in El Salvador

Saving fish populations, natural flood solutions, carbon-negative hand sanitiser

Syrian refugee’s super-seeds, largest ever arts crowdfund, 3D printers rallying for face shields

Migrants in Portugal granted rights, Scottish islands pioneering hydrogen power, and AI that can read minds

Andorra legalises same-sex marriage, plastic-eating bug discovered, reforesting ancient US woodlands

Pablo Escobar’s hippo legacy, beauty parlour for female heroin users, the school of Minecraft

The educational videos improving maternal health, population rise in endangered rhinos, stores run by AI

Locust invasion solutions, supermarket staff given emergency worker status, water conservation in India

Road safety records in Oslo and Helsinki, lifesaving HIV medicine, LGBT visibility in Argentina

Canada bans conversion therapy, man cured of HIV for 30 months, Minecraft publishes uncensored journalism

Free transport in Luxembourg, Coventry drivers paid to take public transport, Kenyan donkey trade banned

Gardens made from recycled mattresses, Swiss LGBT legislation, zero-waste grocery delivery service

The microbes saving bees, preventing maternal deaths, protective UV contact lenses

Cacao tree economics, coronavirus vaccine efforts, walking sharks

Rescuing Dinosaur Trees, helping older renters and free sanitary products for students

Australian vegetable airdrop, days off for nonsmokers, carbon footprint labelling

Predicting water conflict, the return of English beavers, rental solar power

Wales tackles period poverty, AI joins fight against cancer, and Duolingo sparks Gaelic resurgence

Sex education in Tunisia, Game-changing HIV drug in South Africa, Qualifications Passport for refugees

Affordable renting legislation, democratic victory in Hong Kong, gender violence protests across Spain

Living root bridges, deafblind sign language, first hurricane-proof country

Suicides fall as gay marriage is legalised, rediscovery of lost mouse-deers, successful four-day working week trial