• HIV treatment averted almost 21 million AIDS-related deaths between 1996 and 2022. UNAIDS (PDF link).
• America’s gender pay gap has shrunk to an all-time low. CBS News.
• Solar installations in Brazil have created around 960,000 jobs and offset 40.6 million tons of carbon dioxide emissions since 2012. Renewables Now.
• In the first half of this year, wind and solar generated more power than coal in the United States. Canary.
• Bhutan and Timor-Leste eliminate rubella. WHO.
• The number of poor people in Cambodia was halved from 5.6 million to 2.8 million in the last 8 years. The Star.
• Sierra Leone is the latest country to expand free education for children as legal right to free education grows globally. Human Rights Watch.
• Since joining the Built for Zero program in 2015, Detroit has reduced veteran homelessness by approximately 60 percent. Reasons to be Cheerful.

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