# World Kindness Day Summary
November 13 is World Kindness Day, established in 1998 by kind-minded organizations from various countries, including Japan's Small Kindness Movement. The observance encourages people to perform acts of kindness, no matter how modest, with the understanding that small gestures can have profound impact on recipients' lives and well-being.
NPR highlighted stories of kindness across cultures: a Nigerian psychiatrist recalled how a hospital cleaner's offer of a biscuit during a grueling shift restored her humanity and shaped her approach to medicine; an Ecuadorian fruit seller extends credit to struggling customers and receives fruit in return; and photojournalists from The Everyday Projects captured images of kindness toward humans and animals worldwide, including a rescue worker saving a cat during Brazil's 2024 floods.
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