Defining moments
It’s been a mixed year for news, with disasters both natural and man-made; records set and broken; elections won and governments formed; protests for climate, rights, freedom and more. But we do have a reasons to celebrate.
We witnessed the first direct image of a black hole. The humpback whale population has gone up by almost 93% and women in Saudi Arabia have won the right to travel overseas independently. Algeria and Argentina have officially eliminated malaria. And, Netherlands has no more stray dogs, thanks to rehabilitation and vaccination.