How to feel hopeful given this? Guardian columnist answers.
"There is a feeling of dread lurking in my everyday. Wars, famine, the cost-of-living crisis, governments turning their backs on the most vulnerable, inhumane asylum seeker policies, the rise of the far right in Europe, the climate crisis.
"I know this is not the first time in the history of humanity that it seems like it is all going to shit, but that knowledge does not necessarily bring me any peace."