At times, 2016 has felt like some sort of sick joke that’s not even remotely funny.

I’m not going to list off all the things this year that didn’t quite, er,go to plan, because you can read about them literally everywhere else on the Internet.

But you know how when you’re having a bad day, it’s easy to overlook the good things that are happening all around you? You begin almostwantingto feel hard done by?

Yes, well, 2016 is that bad day. And, in actual fact, some absolutely remarkable things happened over the past 12 months that we ought to celebrate. Here are 22 of them.

Giant pandas rebound off endangered list https://t.co/RQyBRcIBZY

— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) September 4, 2016

Biden: can i put whoopee cushions under all the chairs before he gets here

Obama: joe im on the phone

Biden:*muttering* u didnt say not to pic.twitter.com/qfjh3ffkPE

— rudy mustang (@roostermustache) November 11, 2016

Obama: “Joe, why are you still holding my hand?” Biden: “I wanna freak Mike Pence out” Obama: “But why?” Biden: “Just roll with it” pic.twitter.com/o5KZZ0Ysgz

— thomas moore (@Thomas_A_Moore) November 12, 2016

Goodnight. #Oscars pic.twitter.com/NPVRycHShs

— Ashley Weatherford (@sincerelyash) February 29, 2016

Overall it was a bloody brilliant year for Australian women in sport. Listen to Monique Bowley and Alicia Sometimes discuss.

Image via Getty.

It's impossible to argue with - there is a damn lot of good in the world.