2016 has certainly been quite a year. I know a lot of it seemed so terrible, but there has been so many lovely things that happened this year.
Pandas are no longer endangered!! I never thought I would see that in my lifetime. Manatee and humpback whale populations are growing as well. There were many new breakthroughs in medical research including a vaccine for Ebola and advancement in Alzheimer's prevention! World hunger has dropped and child mortality is down. This year was so, so hard but it's so nice to see that this year wasn't just really dour stuff.
(For more great things that happened in 2016, check out this wonderful list via Tumblr and this picture-laden Chive article.)
