Kids looking at a book.

Man smiling.

This photographer is reframing the way we take school photos to celebrate every student

Woman with ukulele.

There is no planet B. This singer calls on the world to face the music

Man in big jacket.

Suit up: this invention is the difference between life and death for homeless people

Beautiful News-Young girls holding cricket bats

These young cricketers turned a refugee camp into a base of empowerment

Modernising Zulu beadwork

This beader is modernising traditional Zulu jewellery to preserve her heritage

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This stylist’s online classes are growing pride for natural hair

Women smiling during protest

Sexual orientation is not a choice. How you treat people is

Children at school

Education has the power to loosen the stranglehold of HIV

School children

What happens to our 100 million tonnes of rubbish?

Woman in wheelchair

Meet the grandmother building wheelchair ramps out of Lego

Expand your mind with wordless books, insect farmers, and meditative mandalas

Community

This week in Beautiful News, cultivate your curiosity. Athol Williams, Mbali Mahlale, Kwezi Qika. Three lives enriched by their commitment to learning. Kaathima Ebrahim. Strengthening young minds with wordless books. Bonga Ngqobane. The cyclist blazing a trail for underprivileged youth. Kate Johnston. The mandala artist helping people find calm. Golden Gate Highlands National Park. Cross this glowing threshold to a land of adventure. Leafcutter Ants. The original sustainable farmers of the world. This is Beautiful News.

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