Happy People

Acts of kindness, community heroes, reunions, comebacks, and the everyday humans doing extraordinary things.

Because the world has enough bad news
: This 12-Year-Old Trash Picker in Kolkata Never Sat Inside a Classroom. Now He's Headed to University.

July 8, 2026

Akbar was 12 years old, had never sat inside a classroom, and was already working

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: A 93-Year-Old Hadn't Sung in Decades. A Street Musician Asked Her to Try.

July 8, 2026

A 93-year-old woman who stopped singing after her sister died in the 1940s stepped into

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: Emma Won 'The Voice Kids' in Holland While Fighting a Disease That Left Her Unable to Eat

July 6, 2026

Emma lives with a rare condition that has left her stomach paralyzed and requires a

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: Lukas Graham's '7 Years' Is a Letter to Every Age You Have Ever Been

July 5, 2026

Lukas Graham's '7 Years' moves through childhood, ambition, fatherhood, and regret in a single song,

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July 4, 2026

A flag went up over a packed stadium on American soil this summer, and the

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: MD Motivator Zach Went From Crying Outside the Sydney Opera House to Giving Away Nearly $10 Million

July 4, 2026

Zach, known to millions as MD Motivator, was a medical student sitting alone in the

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: Caroline Had 98 Cents in Her Account. Then Strangers in Puerto Rico Changed Everything.

July 4, 2026

Caroline was doing DoorDash runs in Puerto Rico with 98 cents in her bank account

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: B.B. King Closes Out 'The Thrill Is Gone' and the Crowd Won't Let Him Leave

July 4, 2026

B.B. King wraps up 'The Thrill Is Gone,' turns to the three musicians sharing his

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MrBeast: MrBeast and Mark Rober Rallied the Internet to Plant 20 Million Trees and Actually Pulled It Off

July 3, 2026

MrBeast and Mark Rober turned a relentless fan demand into teamtrees.org, a campaign with the

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: A Cherry-Flavored Pill Could Save Millions of Babies From Malaria

July 3, 2026

The WHO has pre-qualified the first malaria treatment ever designed for newborns, a cherry-flavored pill

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: Victor Was Given 3 Months to Live. Then a Stranger Named Queen Stopped to Help Him Up.

July 2, 2026

Victor had been given three months to live and was sitting barefoot on the ground

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: Dua Lipa Closes Out the Radical Optimism Tour in Mexico City After 92 Shows and Two Years on the Road

July 2, 2026

Dua Lipa closed the Radical Optimism Tour in Mexico City on the 92nd show of

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