Tropical diseases are down. Four million people had their sight restored. “The cost of solar and wind plummeted by more than 25% in 2017, shifting the global clean energy industry on its axis.” I know, I know. 2017 seemed like a major jerk. But the year wasn’t all bad. Quartz takes a look at the 99 best things that happened in 2017.

+ Bloomberg: “Last year was unusual in one regard: there were no fatalities involving scheduled passenger jet airliners anywhere in the world.” On a less unusual note, President Trump rang in the new year by taking credit for the aviation numbers. (Looks like I picked the wrong year to stop sniffing glue…)

+ The Eurasia Group is out with its list of the top risks for 2018. And the MIT Tech Review has a list of six cyber threats to really worry about in 2018. (Pay attention to these as cyber threats are the ones that always seem to actually happen…)