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Mark Hamill Saw a Baby's Medical Helmet Photo. His Reply Just Went Viral

r/MadeMeSmile

Acts of Kindness

Southwest Just Gave a Retiring Pilot the Send-Off He Deserved After Spirit Airlines Let Him Down Upworthy

Disney Just Re-Animated 3 Iconic Songs — and the Deaf Community Has Something to Say About It Upworthy

He Spent Months Planning His Wife's Home Makeover. Yesterday She Finally Saw It. r/MadeMeSmile

An 8-Year-Old Sent a Paper Airplane to Her Neighbor. The Internet Did the Rest. Sunny Skyz

A Rancher and Two Neighbors Worked Through the Night. 15 Horses Were Counting on Them. Good News Network

Siblings Spent 2 Years Apart in the Foster System. Then Came Yesterday. r/MadeMeSmile

His Customers Were Waiting. He Made Them Wait a Little Longer — and Nobody Minded. Good News Network

She Waited Nearly 20 Years to Say Thank You. Yesterday She Finally Got the Chance Sunny Skyz

She Noticed Something About Her Tour Guide. What She Said Next Saved His Life. Sunny Skyz

Community Wins

Thousands of Cancer Patients in England Are About to Get Access to a New Immunotherapy Jab r/UpliftingNews

She Pulled Up on Her Motorcycle. Then She Said 3 Words to the Little Girl Watching. r/MadeMeSmile

A Hot Air Balloon Made an Emergency Landing. It Chose Someone's Backyard — With 13 People on Board. r/HumansBeingBros

Chennai Surf School Trades Free Lessons for Beach Cleanups, Removing 24,000 Kilos of Waste The Better India

Medical Breakthroughs

Woodland Walks Cut Anxiety, According to a New Study. Here's What the Numbers Show. Positive News

Doctors Have Been Waiting 30 Years for This. It Was Just Approved. The Guardian

Six-Year-Old Saffie Has Her Vision Saved from Rare Blindness Thanks to One-Time Gene Therapy Good News Network

Environmental Victories

Scientists Were Delighted by a Rare Rescued Sea Turtle. Then They Ran a DNA Test. Good Good Good

A Trail Camera Just Caught Something in the Swamp That Has Scientists Talking Good Good Good

The Great Lakes Fishing Industry Just Adopted a Model That Wastes Nothing Reasons to Be Cheerful

A Tribe Near Seattle Started Flooding Its Own Farmland. Here's the Reason Why. NPR

Kids Making a Difference

Someone Left a Pot on the Stove Overnight. A Student Turned It Into a Life-Saving Device. Upworthy

A Japanese Teen Founded an Organization at 14. Now She's Changing How an Entire Country Votes. Global Citizen

Pizza Hut's 'BOOK IT!' Summer Reading Program Returns to Provide Voracious Young Readers with Pizza Parties and More r/UpliftingNews

9-Year-Old Girl Finds Hope After Meeting Pro Soccer Player Just Like Her Sunny Skyz

Animals & Pets

He Walks to the Pond Every Day. The Geese Know Exactly Who He Is. r/HumansBeingBros

A Kayaker Was Floating Quietly When Something Climbed Onto His Paddle. r/MadeMeSmile

A Calf Was Getting Petted by a Stranger. Then Mom Showed Up. r/MadeMeSmile

14 Toucans Were Smuggled Across the Border. Now They're at the Bronx Zoo Good News Network

They Put a German Shepherd in Charge of the Doberman Puppies. 72,000 People Just Watched What Happened. r/MadeMeSmile

Uplifting Videos

Dog Finds An Injured Parrot And They Become Best Friends | The Dodo Odd Couples thedodo

Teacher's Opera Karaoke Lands Him Audition on Britain's Got Talent youtube/goodnewsnetwork

I Rescued a BABY PARROT for My AVIARY!! youtube/Paul Cuffaro

Heroes Among Us

Two vacationing paramedics deliver a baby at 30,000 feet with a shoelace and borrowed blankets Upworthy

‘My guardian angel’: Oak Island guide diagnosed with cancer after tourist urges him to call doctor r/UpliftingNews

Middle School Students Save Their Bus Driver During a Medical Emergency Sunny Skyz

Boston Marathon Runners Stop to Help Injured Competitor Cross the Finish Line Good News Network

Working Together

Genius parents devise bedtime ritual: son is allowed to stay up late, but he has to run Upworthy

Seeds Can 'Hear' the Rain — And the Sound Waves Make Them Grow 30-40% Faster, Shows MIT Study Good News Network

All refs should take a lesson right here... this is what it means to ref youth sports. r/HumansBeingBros