SocietyThe good news
Bhutan puts rabies on the back foot. Prevention gets the credit.
WHO validates the elimination of dog-mediated human rabies as a public health problem.
Archive · Abhijit Kar Gupta · CC BY 2.0
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SocietyThe good news
The sea belongs to everyone. Rimini is taking that seriously
Almost 3,900 people welcomed and bookings on the rise: Rimini’s accessible beach reports provisional summer figures.
Archive · Sarahhoa · CC BY-SA 2.0
ScienceThe good news
The Roman telescope launches early. Someone tell the building contractors.
NASA documents the new telescope’s launch towards the orbit from which it will study the cosmos in infrared.
EnvironmentThe good news
The Sahel is turning green. On the ground, this time.
The UN recognises a land restoration programme that has reached more than four million people in five countries.
Archive · Sakou Gado · CC BY-SA 4.0
Moving forward.
WorldThe good news
124 people get past the paperwork barrier
A UNESCO project has delivered new birth certificates to Baka and Bantu adults who had struggled to obtain them.
Archive · JosepMGracia · CC BY-SA 4.0, including the crop
WorldThe good news
Timor-Leste looks ahead. With WHO’s certificate to prove it.
With Timor-Leste’s validation, trachoma has been eliminated as a public health problem throughout WHO’s South-East Asia Region.
Archive · U.S. Navy/Joseph Seavey · Public domain – U.S. Navy
WorldThe bright side
Solidarity lands in Nepal: 84 tonnes of aid
On 4 September, an EU-supported UNICEF flight brought essential supplies for families affected by flooding.
Archive · Deepti Soni · CC BY 2.0
CultureThe good news
Eight hundred years of memory, now a click away
More than thirty rare Newa manuscripts have been digitised and made publicly accessible with help from over fifty volunteers.
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That is quite a lot of good for one day.
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