9 Global Stories You May Have Missed In 2017

Marjan practices at the Afghanistan National Institute of Music in Kabul.

Rachel Corner/De Beeldunie

By looking at the number of page views for our stories from 2017, we came up with our most popular stories of the year.

But there are other ways to measure success.

Some stories don’t get a lot of page views — maybe people missed out on them because there was too much news that day, or the topic didn’t appeal to them. But the people who do click on them spend a lot of time on the page. That’s a sure sign of reader interest. We think of these posts as overlooked gems. Here are some of our most underappreciated Goats and Soda stories of 2017.