Eurostats has an interesting dataset showing the percentage of the population experiencing depression in Europe. The map above shows that Hungary, Portugal, and Sweden are the countries with a higher percentage of the population experiencing depressive symptoms.

A breakdown by sex shows that Portugal is the country with the highest percentage of the female population experiencing depression.

Yesterday when I was working, I received a news notification related to a London Attack, where five people were killed and many others were injured after an attacker drove a car along a pavement near the Parliament. I always enjoyed visiting London, and Westminster near the Thames River is beautiful. As I say when it happened in Berlin: I will keep visiting this amazing city, and no terrorist is going to change that.

This morning, when I was landing in Berlin, I was staring out the window, and I realised that sometimes I forget how many lakes and water sources there are around Berlin. I shot this picture to remind myself about it.

The World Happiness Report, published by the Sustainable Development Solutions Network of the United Nations, attempts to measure the happiness around the world. The 2017 issue published this month puts Norway on the top of the list, followed by Denmark, Iceland, Switzerland, and Finland. On the other hand, at the bottom of the list, the least happy places are the Central African Republic, Burundi, Tanzania, Syria, and Rwanda. You can find the whole report here worldhappiness.report.

A couple of days ago, on March the 8th, it was the international women's day. I was chatting with some family members about whether this day should exist at all (they were arguing that the day should be every day). I was checking the pay gap between men and women in European countries, and I think there is still a reason to celebrate this day.

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