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As New Year's Eve approaches, it's always good to take a look back and reflect on the year that has passed. At Euronews, taking stock means flagging the content our readers — you — most enjoyed over the past 12 months.

Players battling it out to be world champion command millions of dollars in winnings and sponsorship. But chess has long been linked to high brain capacity - and could help make children smarter.

More than 70 countries worldwide are marking International Men's Day today. But what is it?

134 million more female children will become brides in the next 12 years unless we act now, warns Save the Children on Day of the Girl.

Visa pour l’image, an annual festival held in France, celebrates photojournalism for the 30th time.

Vienna ranks as the world’s most livable city according to an annual survey by The Economist Intelligence Unit. This is the first time a European city has topped these rankings. The Austrian capital knocked Melbourne, Australia from the top spot after seven years of holding the top rank.