Kind acts and their role in global happiness revealed in report [Video]

The world may feel cold, scary and cruel, but if you are open to seeing it, there is a lot of kindness, according to a new report.The World Happiness Report, released each year on the International Day of Happiness, is a global analysis on happiness and well-being in partnership with Gallup, the University of Oxford Wellbeing Research Centre and the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network.Related video above: More about the world happiness reportThis year’s report paid special attention to acts of benevolence and people’s expectations of their communities.What are acts of benevolence? The report divided them into three categories: donating money, volunteering and doing a nice thing for a stranger.Based on the data, 70% of the world’s population did at least one kind thing in the last month, the report found.“That’s a really, really high number,” said Dr. Felix Cheung, the report’s coauthor and assistant professor of psychology at the …