• The share of the world population living in extreme poverty has never declined as rapidly as in the past three decades. Our World in Data.
• Malaria vaccination reduces hospitalizations, deaths of children in northwestern Nigeria. Gavi.
• Oil spills from tankers have fallen by more than 90% since the 1970s. Our World in Data.
• Chile becomes the first country in the Americas to eliminate leprosy. WHO.
• Croatia is officially free of landmines, three decades after the Yugoslav wars. TVP World.
• Renewables generated 26% of the United States’ electricity in 2025, a new record. Bloomberg.
• How ‘smog capital of Poland’ saved 6,000 lives by cutting soot levels. The Guardian.
• North Aral Sea regains a third of its water thanks to restoration efforts spearheaded by Kazakhstan. Euronews.
• The kakapo, a flightless New Zealand parrot, was down to 51 individuals in 1995, but has bounced back to a population of 236. The New York Times.

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