2016 was a tough year.
Celebrities, including David Bowie, Alan Rickman, Prince and Muhammad Ali, died, as well as political influencers like Antonin Scalia, Nancy Reagan and Fidel Castro.
A tumultuous presidential election, the Pulse nightclub massacre, graphic images of war in Aleppo, Syria, and attacks in Brussels, Nice, France, and Berlin unsettled people around the world.
In a December interview, first lady Michelle Obama told Oprah Winfrey that Americans are "feeling what not having hope feels like."
But 2016 wasn't all bad. Here is a list of good things that happened during the year:
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