7 good news stories from this week: one a day, 26 October to 1 November
From a refuge for about 12,000 koalas to a global record for nature restoration: the standout story from each day of the week, verified at the original source.
Every Sunday we pick the standout story from each day of the week. Each one links to its original source in the full story.
Monday 26 · Granada joins the world’s largest radio telescope network
The Milky Way over the SKA-Low telescope in Western Australia. Photo: CSIRO/Ken Lawson.
The Institute of Astrophysics of Andalusia (IAA-CSIC) is receiving €6 million in EU funds to expand the centre that will process SKA Observatory data in Spain. Read the story
Tuesday 27 · Four white rhinos arrive in Mexico
Salma and Moana in their new enclosure at Guadalajara Zoo. Photo: Zoológico Guadalajara.
Salma, Moana, Lewa and Wami travelled from parks in Germany and France to Guadalajara Zoo to start a new breeding group. It is the first transfer of white rhinos from Europe’s breeding programme to Mexico. Read the story
Wednesday 28 · A national park for about 12,000 koalas
A koala in a eucalyptus tree (file photo). Photo: ©Jackson Photography / WWF-Australia.
New South Wales passed the Great Koala National Park: a refuge of more than 475,000 hectares that is home to about 12,000 koalas, according to WWF-Australia. Read the story
Thursday 29 · A malaria vaccine 40% cheaper
Mothers and babies wait for the RTS,S vaccine in Soa, Cameroon, in 2024. Photo: Gavi/2024/Go’tham Industry.
Gavi and UNICEF agreed a price about 40% lower per dose. The savings could vaccinate up to a million more children, if WHO prequalifies a new plant in time. Read the story
Friday 30 · A Pompeii woman’s cupboard
Objects found in the House of Cornelius Maximus, Pompeii. Photo: Parco Archeologico di Pompei.
Perfume, make-up, 38 coins and a necklace of at least 24 charms: archaeologists have reconstructed a cupboard from a house nearly 2,000 years old. Read the story
Saturday 31 · A dance as the last Ebola patients leave
Staff at the Mongbwalu centre celebrate the discharge of the last patients. Photo: Carla Schwanfelder / Médecins Sans Frontières.
Médecins Sans Frontières’ centre in Mongbwalu, DR Congo, has no confirmed patients for the first time since May. It is one facility only: the outbreak is still active. Read the story
Sunday 1 · A record for nature restoration
A mountain gorilla in Bwindi, Uganda, file photo. Photo: Giles Laurent / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Some 252 million hectares are under restoration in 149 countries, the largest documented effort, according to a UN report. It warns that the pace is still not enough for 2030. Read the story
