A 2016 study ulsta people from 17 Different Countries whether they thought the world was Getting Better or worse. Just 11 percent believed things were improving. 30 percent thought things said more or less stayed the same. But the overwhelming majority 58 percent were of the opinion things were getting worse. This dramatic scene is one of a selection of photos taken by photographers and 28 team for the World Press Photo exhibition at the really blunt house in berlin but which impression is it that we take home with us one with positive foundations providing us with inspiration joy and amusement or do negative stories overshadow a view of the world one that can be so cruel and just so traumatizing and terrifying. World in oxford is a more rarefied one the English University term has a special appeal for those with open minds it is venerable halls of learning have seen no shortage of unconventional thinkers and people who like to see things along alternative lines. And richie from scotland is no exception she has a take on life that is fairly uncustomary. The world does not always a good points but its much much better than it was in the past and i think its really important that we are noises and understand this to make sure progress continues. Postdoctoral research on Global Development is a champion of presenting the world as it is including the good sides she and her colleagues at the universities Martin SchoolResearch Unit compiled figures and graphics for a database that emphasizes positive trends its featured on their website oh world in data. Life expectancy for example has risen significantly across the world. From a global average of 46 in 1950 to over 70 now. And the proportion of children dying before the age of 5 has steadily declined in many countries Child Mortality is no close to 0. The researchers also have encouraging news on the global poverty front over the last 30 years the number of people below the absolute Poverty Level those with an income of less than 1. 90 per day has fallen by 2 thirds the reason you need to understand these positive developments is because if you come out of the belief that the world has continued getting worse then none of the interventions that hard have actually worked then you become really cynical of the world and then you think you get into a position where he either feel like you can change and our friends will give up. For Quick Solutions i think scientists have literally been taking to the stage to publicize their encouraging findings and a swedish doctor who died 2 years ago was a star on the International Conference circuit is enlightening and entertaining ted talks have been viewed by millions online and many in the rich countries they think oh we can never end the extreme poverty and of course they think so. Thats how. We have been more systematic when we fight. And then i discovered the work. And i really realized that all of the conceptions that have it the way the world is changing where they will spend all these years in education i kept up to date. And i just had no idea why it is news tend to be dominated by misery and suffering while positive stories barely have an impact media critic Peter Littler says the imbalance in coverage is no accident. Negative stories are just part of the Media Product menu that we have. And that menu look good says is determined by intense competition in the media world where the print online or t. V. And radio the desire to court consumers and enhance your brand positioning leads to exaggeration and sensationalism in the process of turning human hardship into a spectator sport that is precisely what readers and viewers want says look good. Because people are limited in their process of selection limited to things that deviate from what they themselves see as normal. It might be unpleasant to accept but we tend to define our own happiness via the misfortune of others meaning im not affected get off and thats why we need negative news stories. Really transformative change is. A single event. Can a poor on a daily basis their things happen every single day the same thing every single day which you may think are very incremental but over there is really a transformative changes and no one is supporting that. So how does the prevalent present is a must for those who are promoting a more balanced view. Far from being disappointed or bitter and a richie and her team are happy to see even modest progress including at grade school level. Students i know the us. And them theyre based on a variety of problems. Or poverty or so theyre really learning about the world and learning about a large scale much for us its the best thing to see and what better place for hundreds team to celebrate the human story the last degree market. Failure of global coal in the region lights just around the corner from her office a microcosm of the modern world and here it is without doubt a positive world. Our global ideas theories regularly features people striving to change things for the better for instance by helping to protect nature and our climate. This week we go to southern kenya a vast area home to a wife writing a flora and fauna particularly in the Daily National park the regions main interest attraction. Its also home to the mass i the people that traditionally practice strict gender roles but as our reporter betina tomo discovered here 2 things are changing. Early morning in southern kenya near the tanzanian border. Oh you know what oh oh oh. Yes. Yeah because its a lack of a. Grieving community to the entire team lioness we should you go to the money long ad in the morning to full full fee think excess isis probably balance that it was a lot more about trying to make sure that decided to act and not the last leap. She works in a large area of Messiah Community land the local group branch it almost surrounds say the National Park at the foot of mount kilimanjaro. But purity like carra is one of 8 young women who have recently completed their training as rangers. Head ranger partridge. Together they plan their Daily Missions their work can be very dangerous your authority we walk in a very very high stress that the so buffaloes. Sometimes i live on when you go to the secrets of the bush is a little bit. By. Gods comes through the training precautions and how would you react how would you be aware of your development as you go out in one. Team lioness as the 8 are known is one of the 1st all female ranger units in kenya and the very 1st made up of masai women are traditionally women are considered weak and do not pursue an occupation outside of the family. Strict rules and hierarchy is observed for centuries in must cyc munity so slowly being questioned and loosened. The other group is planning a patrol in the area surrounding the 4 ranger camps on the Messiah Community land in all the other 70 rangers here. And we have the lake idea of this event as dad was the only one to but. Then once and also their community that he gives to them ever meant to boy and. We can that wild animals and the community. Several 1000 elephants live here too they move back and forth between National Parks in the west and the east of the country and traversed massai lands along the way there are no fences barring their path. Purity car and the rest of her team travel long distances on foot. Between 20 and 40 kilometers a day the same as the male rangers. Among their most important duties is talking to people who live here the messiah or seminomadic pastoralist who cover a lot of ground with their flocks and encounter wild animals along the way sometimes lions kill cattle elephants rampage in villages the rangers need to hear about problems and be informed if poachers are in the area. They charge animals Movement Patterns and register their g. P. S. Coordinates rangers are on patrol 7 days a week its a way for these women to break out of strict traditional gender roles but the job is far from easy. Because the little i mostly like and funds. And they can do so. Good because a little. Like want to live so that then so their wishes can because you know. You might be not going to do that they can kill you. Once a month purity like car of visits her family in their village for a weeks break. You know her daughter lives here and is looked after by the extended family. That im at and im her female relatives make jewelry and sell it to tourists visiting the National Parks nearby from a side of women but this kind of business is not considered controversial. It is also an important source of income. It allowed purity like chorus mother to pay her Childrens School so yes. I told my father and my mother that you had to get it to me yes now ive done with my family you wanted me to come in death in how to live without it no outflow when he had to get it if you dont want me to go into work then i told them no because you have educated me id like you implicitly with me to give. Me that. And with her regular income she can support her family. That has earned her respect in the community. Having seen purity and the other girls join the ranger unit. And seeing them working with confidence we made the right decision you know might have been phoebe and you know now were all going to. Any other girl who will be accepted into a ranger unit also have our acceptance need to have. Purity like car is a pioneer a woman of courage and that will one day benefit her daughter as well. The job created a strong bond between the female rangers. It took a while to convince the village elders to give them permission to do the work the project was initiated by the ngo International Fund for animal welfare. This is a community that is really male dominated a lot saw the godchild that women get and not have a c you know lot of issues so weve been importing them not just a joint Venture Force but also in terms of educational scholarships to one to see in general weve been playing a bigger role in controversial matters here. When rangers live in tents for now but proper housing is being planned. They spend 3 weeks together at a stretch that creates a sense of community. Are the norm and. We discuss how you have been in chad beef cattle how you dont need to continue with these who are then when remit to give that we encouraged us then lets say they all about do their job so when we come together we talk about flow things that i suppose and even the interaction between us and the men that talk about it and we had very thought that. This kind of female empowerment and selfdetermination is something new in their society but it appears to be catching on. Repression and discrimination are part of life for many women around the world on our new Facebook Channel d. W. Women youll find stories about those taking a stand and inspiring others to do the saying d. W. Women gives a voice to women of all. Have you ever seen a whale in the wild. Whale watching excursions provide an opportunity to get up close to these gentle giants. Whales can be spotted in deep waters around the globe from the west coast of north america across the seas to south Africa Europe japan through to australia and new zealand. And something sensational is happening to humpback whales and once again being sighted in several places in the 1970 s. Widespread commercial whaling nearly caused their extinction then in the 1980 s. Whaling was largely banned and now humpback whales are returning to areas where they hadnt been seen for decades. Will watchers off shore near new york welcome on board the american princess this is their only bet the out of the city that has that fabulous. Photographing and recording the humpback whale that was eating grout in new york. Every summer the humpback whales migrate here in search of food and are now believed to have strayed as far as the busy shipping lanes of new york harbor. Sylvia ackerman works for the gotham whales Conservation Group and is out here almost every day on the lookout for humpbacks. That whales. Have recovered significantly since the day of national whaling because of that protection and our waters now also we are. Then theyve been in decades. Odds are then we see the 1st 2 whales spouting. A sign that theyre on the hunt. The whale watchers are then also treated to a pod of young dolphins a key prey for both dolphins and humpback whales is menhaden. Come. Its an oily forage fish that isnt rich supply in these waters. What looks like rain hitting the water is actually a dense school of fish the men hate and often cluster in such concentrations that they can be easily spotted from the air off the coast of long island. The fish feed off algae and plankton that have absorbed Carbon Dioxide as such men have been are both invaluable filter fish for the ocean and a vital part of the marine food chain. They not only supply the whales and dolphins but other species the fish like strike. Fish. See the birds there whats known as a keystone species. Menhaden are an easy catch for whales but also for commercial fishing fleets their catches reached a level where there were not enough fish left for the whales and dolphins the introduction of fishing quotas in 2013 saw stocks recover and the whales returned. Further south in reveal virginia menhaden provide the main source of income for the amiga Protein Corporation is the last company on the east coast of the us to catch menhaden on an industrial scale but not for the dinner table there are a mega 3 rich flushes turned into fish oil or fish meal these fish appear to be probably 3 to 4 years old based on the size but representatives from the fisheries agency. Actually well come here and take a sampling will actually determine the exact age of those days. Where we catch them which are in our captains logs theyll help track that species the bar massive men hate. The menhaden are a big deal in read film until recently there were no official limits on catches of the fish their stock seemed inexhaustible except they werent overfishing brought man hayden close to extinction in the 1960 s. By which point the whales had already left a make up protein believes there is no danger of that happening again thanks to the quota theres no overfishing going on and the fact is that the fishery only takes you know about 6 to 8 percent of the biomass every year 68 percent and the other 94. 00 to 96. 00 or so percent of that biomass is left out there to to Service Ecological purpose. No menhaden no humpback whales a simple enough equation. But if you think youre sided by the fishing industry are disputed by scientists who are opposed to any increase in the permitted fishing quotas other animals such as the sea hawk also feed on the menhaden its a pivotal element of the entire ecosystem. We join researcher alan picketts from Long Island Stony Brook University for a trip on her Research Ship theyre studying the biodiversity here in chicago bay which serves as a kind of nursery for a range of atlantic fish including men hayden using bait made of muzzle flash they set up an underwater camera and trap on the bottom of the bay always at the same spot. A few hours later the scientists will retrieve the latest findings for their long term study. The concept that really take into account not only the amount of fish of a. Olive oil to fish for the amount of fish available to eat by wells by striped bass 5 to nose bush arcs that concept has been heard loud and clear the team records and measures everything picked up in the trop from new york city you know its incredible this is something that during my lifetime i have not been able to see before so it is just incredible to be able to see. Her excitement is shared by tourists who go on the 4 hour long whale watching tours. To go you know full well the free to air routes but a slice of all that will inspire my. Mother to be there here we love to hear our dirty work days of new york are so were skeptical about everything under so many said they were whales out here we got to see it to believe it because we go back to the days when you know there was no light down here because. The gotham whales activists advocate for the whales and against higher fishing quotas will there be enough men haven for all parties in the long term there. If it stands properly. And thats something the conservationists want to ensure in the hope that migrating humpback whales will keep on returning to feed on fish in the waters off new york city. And now were often told in europe where weve been invited into a home in iceland. Hi my names saw fia and phone from phytic every fair. Give us a small village in the south and part of iceland i want to welcome you into my home. So this is our living room. And here we stay most of the time. Our house is built on a hot area we never have to warm it up not in the end the time. Because its all this hot and comfortable. This is also my favorite thing here its from my mother i grew up with this. The plowers. This for example is a gift from a very good friend and i really love this thing also these 2 years there since i was just since a remember since i was a little girl also this tear here its its very old i think it is for around 200 than 50 years old and it comes or it similarly from. There with some Danish People in the old things. And this is my favorite thing here. My belief that its an old grand piano since 884. 00 i sometimes play it i could maybe try. This this is our kitchen here. And we have very fresh water enough of warm water and to. Be over it its so clear you just drink it its very clear very cold the water. So i have. Lot of africa things for example here in the real world this is my husband this is my hospital watching the very news. My husbands name is stephanie ok that me. Its me and my house been. Our mothers. Our children he has 4 and i have 4 and grandchildren. I hope you enjoyed visiting me and my husband here in critic of it and i hope you will come here to this it iceland our beautiful country see you here. But. That still this time did you enjoy our look at the brightest light of life. Drop us a line into global 3000 d. W. Dot com and they forget were on facebook d w women see you next week. But mr bushells come on stream is one of the great treasures why we. Are. In my new National Park in peru is now seriously threatened by human creatures because the jurors a wide area are edited and were going to hear from the wealth of biodiversity on the profit coming up on d w. Alexandr for home both. Our series on tomorrow today. We want to see what he saw to experience what drove him. 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Shipping data shows that an Iranian Oil Tanker caught in a standoff with the west has set sail from gibraltar after a court released it the grice one was being held there after it was seized on suspicion of Smuggling Oil to syria it was then renamed and raised the iranian flag before it left the british territory. A standoff over a charity boat mord near the italian coast has escalated with the crew predicting migrants will die if it isnt allowed to dock at the nearby