positive stories from 2013
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Celebrating a few of the many positive stories from 2013. For loads more positive news stories check out Positive News Stories | Inspiration for a Change - http://positivenews.org.ukTRANSCRIPT
Celebrating a few of the many positive stories from 2013
Madiba says goodbye
Image: newagebd.com
And The World celebrates his contribution to Humanity
Image: forbes.com
Pope Francis is elected
A Spiritual Leader who reaches out to us all
Image: mirror.co.uk
Andy Murray1st British Wimbledon Men’s Singles winner
for 77 years
Image: telegraph.co.uk
And first Scottish Winner since 1896
Image: radiotimes.com
Chris Froome – First Kenyan to win the Tour de France
And the second ever Brit
Image: onlinenewsunitedkingdom.com
Child death rates reduced by almost half since 1990
UNICEF report shows that significant progress
is being made to end child poverty
Image: eastlondonlines.co.uk
Gay marriage laws appearing worldwide
Image: © Flickr member Elinor and Liz
Including the UK
Image: thedatereport.com
Olinguito - New “teddy bear” speciesdiscovered in Ecuador
Image: bbc.co.uk
Olinguito no longer incognito
Image: smithsonianscience.org
9 year old Asean Johnson’simpassioned speechhelps save his school
Image: blackyouthproject.com
The next President Johnson?
Image: MSNBC.com
80% of countries have increasedgender equality since 2006
Image: heartdiseasearoundtheworld.wordpress.com
The gender gap narrows
Image: usatoday.com
Uruguayans trade-in guns…
Image: smartplanet.com
For Bicycles
Rwanda elects a parliamentwith 64% of seats held by women
Image: twofortheroad.blogs.nytimes.com
The highest percentage
in the world!
UN Secretary General (the one on the left) declares first ever
International Day of Happiness
Image: m.ibtimes.co.uk
First celebrated on 20th March 2013
Image: pantsonfiretour.wordpress.com
Wishing everybody a happy and positive festive season
John, Julie, Isobel, Jack, John and Ben xxx
Lots of the stories were found on: Positive News | Inspiration for a change:http://positivenews.org.uk/
For the YouTube version with musical accompaniment go to:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L3wl64AygVY