The 99 best things that happened in 2016, from Ebola’s...

The 99 best things that happened in 2016, from Ebola’s eradication in West Africa to saving the manatees.  Via Quartz.

[Okay, many of the points are politically biassed and/or ill defined, and as such they are pretty questionable. But many other are universal and surely each one of us celebrate those achievements. With this in mind, still a good list of reasons to be optimistic.]

Image caption: “In September, giant pandas became the latest species to be taken off the endangered list. (Reuters/China Daily)”