If 2016 was the sick joke that wasn’t even remotely funny, 2017 has been a veryweirdfollow up.

Stories of crime, terrorism and Donald Trump’s bizarre Diet Coke habit have punctuated our day-to-day lives, and it can begin to feel like we are in the midst of the goddamn Apocalypse.

So – to offer some perspective – here are 17 incredible things that happened this year, that have made the world an infinitely better place.

Although often it doesn’t look like it, there is – it turns out – a damn lot of good in the world.