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Democratic change in Hungary, Kentucky’s citizen-led governance, Gaza’s academic lifeline
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Mexico introduces universal healthcare, Thailand creates protections against harassment, modular playgrounds
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Africa’s roads become safer, Ecuador’s solar boats, Brazilian inmates reduce sentences through reading
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Philippines cuts child labour by 40%, Isle of Man rainforest expands, the green spaces reducing crime
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UN expands species conservation treaty, more women in African parliaments, how art makes us healthier
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Best of March: Big drop in air pollution, greened desert becomes carbon sink, speed-friending against loneliness
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California returns 7.5 million acres to Indigenous tribes, Indian app identifies TB, phone-free childhood
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Chile to create huge marine protected area, San Francisco’s living seawall, payphone connects youth with seniors
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UK cancer mortality hits record low, European forests are growing, speed-friending against loneliness
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Working from home boosts birth rates, corneas from fish scales, first graduates from secret jungle school
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Solution to global plastic pollution, Wales mandates solar panels on new buildings, world’s first surf insurance
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US adult smoking rate hits record low, British Parliament ends hereditary peerage, robots take on ocean pollution
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19 cities cut air pollution, Oman halves maternal mortality rate, Indian state sees 84% drop in child marriages
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Paying villagers to protect the wild, Indigenous activists win fight against capitalism, Indiana’s microschools
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UK landfill grows vegetables, tax on single-use packaging reduces waste, Martha’s rule may have saved 400 lives
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Chile is the second country globally to end leprosy, shootings in Sweden drop by 63%, voluntary wildlife corridors
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Croatia declared free of landmines, Denmark eliminates mother-to-child HIV transmission, former inmate buys prison
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Greened desert becomes carbon sink, free HIV prevention shots in Kenya, pairing digital natives with seniors
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Best of February: Homicides in England at record low, trade of plastic waste in steep decline, singing contest in prison
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Bolivia expands Andean protection, free moving for domestic violence survivors, Mexico approves 40-hour workweek