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An influential think tank has suggested that the year 2021 wasn't as bad as 2020.
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It stated that 2021 wasn't as tumultuous as 2020.
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Number one on the bad news list was the world's failure.
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The world's failure to properly address the climate change challenge.
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Other top-ten stories included the mutating of the coronavirus.
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For a moment in summer it seemed that COVID-19 was in the rearview mirror.
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More than 9 billion covid-19 vaccinations were administered globally.
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Extracted and stored a sample of Martian rock for the very first time.
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Airlines flew the first passenger aircraft with 100 per cent sustainable fuel.
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Cheese lovers were guaranteed there is no evidence that cheese causes weight gain.
See the 2021 in review lesson for the whole text.
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