If there's one thing that the years 2020 and 2021 have been abundant with, it's the collection of bad news toppling over each other, all while in the middle of a pandemic. Does it seem like the years just keep getting worse—or is it just because we are getting older?

The bad news is inevitable, though, no matter what age we are. That's why an illustrator by the name of Mauro Gatti made it a point to make people be more optimistic by producing artworks that feature actual great news to counter the bad ones we receive every day.

Gatti set up an online project on Instagram called "The Happy Broadcast", in which he features his artworks that present anxiety-free news for all his followers as a way to help with their deteriorating mental health from all the problems we have faced in the world. The past few years have not been exactly gentle, so Gatti aimed to induce some positive news presented as adorable graphics for all his followers to see.

“I want to create something positive as an anti-venom to the vitriolic rhetoric that pervades our media,” he says on the official website of The Happy Broadcast.

“That’s why I illustrate and share positive news from around the world in the hope that it brings you some happiness and inspires you to spread some good news yourself," he adds.

Now, Instagram has gained over 600k followers. Check out some of his works below!

1. Kill 'em with kindness

2. Shell cut its CO2 emissions, as ordered by the Dutch court

3. This man planted a tree every day for 40 years

4. Save the planet by dancing it out

5. Pineapple waste into vegan leather

6. What a wholesome way to start off the games!

7. A baby for trees

8. Green roofs supremacy

9. This is not an excuse to throw out more though!

10. More orcas

11. Malaria vaccines

12. The House of One

13. Filter or touchup disclosures to combat insecurities

14. Bee bus stops for everyone

15. Elephant retirement home

16. Make way for lab-grown gems!

17. Every supermarket honestly needs this

18. Reef safe sunscreen, beauty without a cost!

19. Minister of Loneliness here to save us all—well, the Japanese ones only for now.

20. The kind of dating app anyone would not be disappointed in

21. Pandas are no longer endangered!

22. The ozone layer is healing

23. LGBTQ+ retirement community

24. A new generation of coral babies to take care of

25. Stopping illegal net fishing in style

26. No to animal testing

27. All cities should learn a thing or two from Portugal

28. Battling deforestation

29. Finally, the first steps towards an HIV vaccine

30. Love makes the world go round

31. Now they can't say "It's all in your head"

32. Train travel over short domestic flights

33. Gender equality!

34. Playing for a cause

35. You can never go wrong with reading books!

The world definitely needs more of this, because let's face it, facing dreadful news each week gets really, really draining. Why not spruce up your timeline with the refreshing content that The Happy Broadcast gives out?

Comment down your thoughts or share this collection of great news from 2021 for all your family and friends to see!