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A screen capture from the phone game Hay Day, where a burly farmer is petting cartoon dogs.

When you 'pet' dogs in this mobile game, you provide food and vet care to real-life shelter animals this holiday season

The farming simulation game is giving players an easy way to do good this holiday season.

A photo of a man disarming an attacker in Bondi Beach, Australia, as well as that same man in a hospital bed

Thousands of GoFundMe donors raise $1.5M for hero who disarmed Bondi Beach attacker

Over 27,000 people have contributed to a fundraiser for Ahmed el Ahmed, a bystander who disarmed an active shooter in Bondi Beach, Australia over the weekend.

A herd of giant cardboard animal puppets scale a glacier in Jostedalsbreen National Park, Norway

Environment

Giant animal puppets journey from the Congo Basin to a melting glacier in the Arctic with an important message (PHOTOS)

The Herds is a large-scale and participatory public art experience that brings to life the impact of climate change on a global scale.

Children (photographed from the knees down) paint a sidewalk yellow

Governments Doing Good

Florida removed colorful sidewalks in the name of 'safety.' This city in Greece proves that painted roads can save lives

This intersection in Athens was causing near-constant car crashes. Then Asphalt Arts stepped in.

Mental Health

This woman conquered 100 fears in 100 days. Now she's helping others do the same

Michelle Poler’s “100 Days Without Fear” project has since turned into an entire career.

A photo collage of Milan's Olympic Village, two men holding up a cheque in the form of a big signage, a portrait of MacKenzie Scott smiling, a man holds up a big signage that says 'Nobel Prize', and an aerial view of a building with solar panels on its rooftop

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A statue of a Mexican dog rests besides tiny pots and clay artifacts.

Arts & Culture

Pre-Columbian artifacts dating back 500 years finally returned to Mexico

The Parthenon Museum is making amends by repatriating a 250-piece collection.

A picture of the Serra do Quiriri mountain range in Brazil at sunrise, with an insert photo of a small pumpkin toadlet, an orange frog.

Animals

Scientists discover 'pumpkin toadlet' in Brazil’s misty cloud forests. It's a new species

Mini pumpkin toadlets are incredibly cute, highly poisonous, and very bad at jumping.

A Black woman wears military fatigues and holds a Christmas tree in her arms in front of a FedEx truck

Veterans

FedEx delivers 325K free Christmas trees to military families as part of annual 'Trees for Troops' program

The “Trees for Troops” program was started in 2005 and has been growing with the support of Christmas tree farmers across the country.

A Progress Pride flag-colored crosswalk painted in a busy intersection in St. Petersburg, Florida

LGBTQ+

Florida banned Pride crosswalks — so St. Pete installed rainbow bike racks instead

The city is cleverly asserting its support of LGBTQ+ community members while still complying with new state regulations.