This document provides a collection of hopeful images from 2015 that show humanity at its best. These include images of children playing, families reunited, acts of kindness between strangers, celebrations of life and love, and people and animals overcoming adversity. The photos portray themes of compassion, resilience, and joy.

2. Hopeful Images From 2015

3. After a French police dog named "Diesel" was
killed during a police raid targeting a suspected
plotter of the Paris attacks, Russia offered France
the gift of a new police pup, named Dobrynya.
Here, a Russian police officer holds Dobrynya,
before a presentation to French police in the
French Embassy in Moscow, Russia, on
December 7, 2015. Pavel Golovkin / AP

4. Children of laborers play on makeshift swings
in Amritsar, India, on May 12, 2015. Narinder
Nanu / AFP / Getty

5. Savannah Anderson kisses her sister Macy
Saunders, 6, as they sit on top of a car to view a
sunflower field at sunset on September 5, 2015,
near Lawrence, Kansas. Charlie Riedel / AP

6. A Danish policeman plays a guessing game with a
migrant girl at the E45 freeway north of
Padborg, Denmark, on September 9, 2015. Many
migrants, mainly from Syria and Iraq, were
crossing through Denmark, trying to reach
Sweden to seek asylum there. Claus Fisker /
Scanpix Denmark / Reuters

7. Argentine dancer Pablo Rafael Pereyra dips his
partner Gabriela Fernanda Torres, as part of their
dance routine in the stage category at the World
Tango Championship in Buenos Aires, Argentina,
on August 21, 2015. Torres strikes a truly unique
pose among the hundreds of dancers at the
World Cup of Tango. The 37-year-old says she
was paralyzed in a car accident when she was 2
years old, but nonetheless grew up with a love of
dancing. Natacha Pisarenko / AP

8. 42-year-old Ridwan Sururi prepares books
while a boy selects book from the mobile
library in Serang Village, Purbalingga,
Indonesia, on May 5, 2015. Putu Sayoga /

9. Paraguayan Anacleto Escobar (right), veteran of the Chaco War (1932-1935)
fought between Paraguay and Bolivia, and his wife Cayetana Roman, smile
during a ceremony coinciding with his 100th birthday in which they
received a house—the first in their lives as owners—as a gift for his merits,
in Neembucu, Paraguay, on January 7, 2015. AFP / Getty

10. Bella (left) and Daisy run through a forest
covered in bluebells near Marlborough in
southern England, on May 4, 2015. Toby
Melville / Reuters

11. Boys walk home for lunch from school in the
village of Kogelo, west of Kenya's capital Nairobi,
on July 16, 2015. Thomas Mukoya / Reuters

12. BuyPens refugee Abdul Halim al-Attar, from
Syria, sits next his daughter Reem, 4, as they look
at a photo on a laptop during an interview with
The Associated Press in Beirut on November 28,
2015. Hussein Malla / AP

13. A young Thai man jumps in the air and
cheers as his rocket takes off at the Bun
Bang Fai Rocket Festival on May 10,
2015, in Yasothon, Thailand. Taylor
Weidman / Getty

14. Cherilyn Wilson, 26, (left) and Chelsea Kane, 26,
display their fists, with the message "Love Wins"
written on them, as they pose at a celebration
rally in West Hollywood, California, on June 26,
2015. Lucy Nicholson / Reuters

15. A giant heart hangs in the sky at sunset after skywriter Nathan Hammond wrote several days-worth of messages, relating to hope and love, over New Orleans, during the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage
Festival, on May 2, 2015. Gerald Herbert / AP

16. A woman plays with a kitten inside a line house
in downtown Shanghai on April 12, 2015. Carlos
Barria / Reuters

17. This picture taken on
February 23, 2015 shows
a polar bear robot
"Robear" lifting a
woman for a
demonstration in
Nagoya, central Japan.
The Robear, developed
by Riken Institute and
Sumitomo Riko, has a
polar cub-like face with
big doe eyes, but packs
enough power to
transfer frail patients
from a wheelchair to a
bed or a bath. A
historically low birth rate
and ever-increasing life
expectancy means
Japan's population of
elderly people is
growing, while the pool
of youngsters to look
after them is shrinking.
Jiji Press / AFP / Getty

18. Pelusa and Huellas romp on Pescadores beach in
Chorrillos, Lima, Peru, on September 7, 2015. The
pair are both paraplegic dogs equipped with
wheelchairs. Mariana Bazo / Reuters

19. Members of the general public enjoy the
"BEACH" at the National Building Museum in
Washington, D.C., on August 25, 2015. Alex
Wong / Getty

20. Earthquake survivors Suresh
Parihar and his daughter Sandhya
play in a hospital in Kathmandu,
Nepal, on April 26, 2015. Manish
Swarup / AP

21. A man throws a girl into the air during sunset as
they spend time on the territory of Chersonesus
Tavrichesky (Tauric Chersonesos) National
Reserve in the Black Sea port of Sevastopol,
Crimea, on July 25, 2015. Pavel Rebrov / Reuters

22. Homa Rashid, a lawyer and volunteer at the Vafa
Animal Shelter, rests with a dog, in the city of
Hashtgerd 43 miles (73 kilometers) west of the
capital Tehran, Iran. More than 500 dogs find
care and affection at the Vafa Animal Shelter,
which was established through an endowment in
2004 and is the country’s only licensed animal
refuge. Vahid Salemi / AP

23. Madeleine Klonoski, 2, sits on her father's leg at a
kite festival in Redondo Beach, California, on
March 8, 2015. Lucy Nicholson / Reuters

24. Brooke and Cameron Rigby play Christmas music
on the street in honor of a terminally-ill boy named
Evan Leversage, with all proceeds being donated to
the Leversage family in St. George, Ontario,
Canada, on October 24, 2015. Mark Blinch /
Reuters

25. A dog named Lucky gets a ride on the back of
his owner near the beach in the southern port
city of Tyre, Lebanon, on September 20, 2015.
Hassan Ammar / AP

26. Elephants spray villagers with water in
celebration of the Songkran water festival in
Thailand's Ayutthaya province, north of Bangkok,
on April 10, 2015. Chaiwat Subprasom / Reuters

27. Alabama quarterback Jake Coker embraces his
delighted mother Michelle Spires after the
second half of the Southeastern Conference
championship NCAA college football game
against Florida on December 5, 2015, in
Atlanta. Alabama won 29-15. David Goldman /
AP

28. Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau
presents Syrian refugees with a child's winter
jacket, after their arrival from Beirut at the
Toronto Pearson International Airport in
Mississauga, Ontario, on December 11, 2015.
Mark Blinch / Reuters

29. Filipino boys play basketball in floodwaters from
a swollen creek at a coastal village in Malabon,
north of Manila, Philippines, on July 8,
2015. Aaron Favila / AP

30. A fan relaxes during the seventh inning while
watching a spring training baseball exhibition
game between the Milwaukee Brewers and the
Chicago White Sox in Phoenix, Arizona, on March
22, 2015. Chris Carlson / AP

31. Dairy cows nuzzle a barn cat as they wait to be
milked at a farm in Granby, Quebec, on July 26,
2015. Christinne Muschi / Reuters

32. A newlywed couple spell the word "LOVE" with
their hands during a wedding photo shoot at
the ancient temple of Kom Ombo, north of
Aswan, southern Egypt, on April 30, 2015.
Mosa'ab Elshamy / AP

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