♪ host: wewelcome to "glglobal 3" this week's s program highlighs the sunnier side of fefe.t's's life-affifirming and encouraging. we set out to reveal the many positive d developments on our planet and sw that over r the years, human progress has actually made plenty of things a lot better.. not t everyone's convinced of thatat, however. a 2016 study asked people from 17 different countries whether they thought the world was getting better or worse. just 11% believed things were improving. 30% thought things had more or less stayed the same. but the overwhelming majority, 58%, were of the opinion things were getting worse. reporter: this dramatic scene is one of a selection of photos taken by photographers in 2018 for the world press photo exhibition at the willy brandt haus in berlin. but which impression is it that we take home with us? one with positive foundationon, providing us with inspiration, joy, and amusement? or do negative stories overshadow our view of the world? one that can be so cruel, unjust, so traumatizing and terrifying. the world in oxford is a more rar