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Our Top Global Stories Of 2017: From Selfies To Breast-Feeding Secrets

Clockwise from top left: Bad selfie; "tree man" disease; Deer tick; mothers from Namibia's Himba tribe and from Amber, India; toilet; and Hamza man eating honeycomb.

I always get excited about putting together Goats and Soda's list of most-read stories of the year. To me, it reveals a lot about how our audience feels about the world — what did you find surprising? Share-worthy? Illuminating?

You loved the stories that got you : how to ethically take selfies while volunteering abroad;

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