A scan of today’s news reveals some intriguing headlines from different corners of the globe:

In Mongolia’s Altai Mountains, a teenager named Aisholpan Nurgaiv has risen through the male-dominated ranks of eagle hunters to become a star, featured in the Oscar-nominated 2016 documentary "The Eagle Huntress." Some are now saying that her fame and skill have brought new stature and acceptance to the nation’s Kazakh minority, of which she is a member.

In Kinshasa, the congested capital of Congo, a female engineer named Thérèse Izay-Kirongozi developed an ingenious line of robot traffic cops to help tame unruly traffic. Their greatest strength: They fearlessly photograph all offenders and can never be bribed.

In Detroit, General Motors has appointed its first female CFO – 39-year-old Dhivya Suryadevara, who grew up in a single-parent family in Chennai, India.

Hillary Clinton once said, “Women are the largest untapped reservoir of talent in the world.”

We can be grateful today that we live in an era when those talents are finding the broad scope they deserve.

Here are our five stories for today, highlighting justice, compassion, and innovation.