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A padlock from a 1583 shipwreck is finally opened after more than 20 yearsBrazil enlarges the Pantanal national park by 185 square milesItaly's homicide rate falls to the third lowest in the European UnionSikhs, Hindus and Muslims rebuild mosques together in Punjab villagesAzores villages switch off their lights so young seabirds can find the seaResearchers recreate Roman colour-changing glass after 1,600 yearsAn anonymous diner pays a restaurant bill for 27 disabled residents and caregiversA juvenile kangaroo found exhausted in the open sea is pulled aboard and hops back to shoreScientists find a cheap way to recycle acrylic glass back into its original building blocksA wildlife overpass in Colorado cuts animal collisions on I-25 by 91 per centPittsburgh Water forgives old bills for struggling families over 24 monthsA girl who was once helped by kindness has raised $5 million for children facing hardshipGiant tortoise numbers on Aldabra reach the highest count on recordVictoria creates three new national parks to protect gliders and owlsCommunity members honoured for pulling a woman from a car that sank in a flooded pondFive countries and territories in the Americas recognised for eliminating diseasesReach Volunteering stays open after nine funders step in to save itFourteen-year-old ropes a drowning man out of the Yellowstone River on his first throwThree North Yorkshire villages save their last pub through community ownershipLifeguards and firefighters honoured after a man's heart stopped on a Florida beachA California condor flies into Oregon for the first time in 122 yearsKei Islands cut the number of leatherback turtles and nests taken for food by 85 per centEntanglements of Hawaiian monk seals fall after marine debris clean-upsNorth Atlantic right whales record their most calves in a season since 2009Hackensack teenager takes second place in America's top science contest for an eye-scan AI toolPolice dog Mac leads officers to a missing man, found alive in a Scottish forestHaverfordwest pupils turn a vandalised tunnel into a mural and win the Wales finalTeenager uses her candle business to clear a middle school's lunch debtAn anonymous donor clears lunch debt across every school in BrunswickA padlock from a 1583 shipwreck is finally opened after more than 20 yearsBrazil enlarges the Pantanal national park by 185 square milesItaly's homicide rate falls to the third lowest in the European UnionSikhs, Hindus and Muslims rebuild mosques together in Punjab villagesAzores villages switch off their lights so young seabirds can find the seaResearchers recreate Roman colour-changing glass after 1,600 yearsAn anonymous diner pays a restaurant bill for 27 disabled residents and caregiversA juvenile kangaroo found exhausted in the open sea is pulled aboard and hops back to shoreScientists find a cheap way to recycle acrylic glass back into its original building blocksA wildlife overpass in Colorado cuts animal collisions on I-25 by 91 per centPittsburgh Water forgives old bills for struggling families over 24 monthsA girl who was once helped by kindness has raised $5 million for children facing hardshipGiant tortoise numbers on Aldabra reach the highest count on recordVictoria creates three new national parks to protect gliders and owlsCommunity members honoured for pulling a woman from a car that sank in a flooded pondFive countries and territories in the Americas recognised for eliminating diseasesReach Volunteering stays open after nine funders step in to save itFourteen-year-old ropes a drowning man out of the Yellowstone River on his first throwThree North Yorkshire villages save their last pub through community ownershipLifeguards and firefighters honoured after a man's heart stopped on a Florida beachA California condor flies into Oregon for the first time in 122 yearsKei Islands cut the number of leatherback turtles and nests taken for food by 85 per centEntanglements of Hawaiian monk seals fall after marine debris clean-upsNorth Atlantic right whales record their most calves in a season since 2009Hackensack teenager takes second place in America's top science contest for an eye-scan AI toolPolice dog Mac leads officers to a missing man, found alive in a Scottish forestHaverfordwest pupils turn a vandalised tunnel into a mural and win the Wales finalTeenager uses her candle business to clear a middle school's lunch debtAn anonymous donor clears lunch debt across every school in Brunswick

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