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 scotla