• In 2024, Gavi-supported vaccines saved a record-breaking 1.7 million lives – 400,000 more than in 2023. Gavi.
• Traffic deaths in New York City reached near-record lows through the first three quarters of 2025, with traffic fatalities down 18 percent compared to the first nine months of last year due to street redesigns. NYC DOT.
• Since 2010, the number of people using tobacco has dropped by 120 million. WHO.
• Burkina Faso bans child marriage. Girls Not Brides.
• Time on social media peaked in 2022, with young people cutting back first. Financial Times.
• Renewables overtake coal as world’s biggest source of electricity. BBC.
• Sales of fully electric or hybrid vehicles made up more than half of all new car registrations in the UK last month. BBC.
• Self-driving cars are 80% less likely to get into a serious crash than human drivers. The Argument.
• Student invents self-sanitizing door handle for hospitals. Good Good Good.

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