The world can be a dark place sometimes. People are busy — most are just trying to make it from day to day. We rush to work in the morning, and hurry home at night — and try to squeeze in as much productivity in between those waking hours.

Spending even 60 seconds of your day to help someone else when they need it could have a positive effect that lasts much longer than the action took. A compilation of Russian dashboard cameras shows the softer side of humanity.

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The video, pulled together by YouTube user simplyguys, captures various people helping others cross the street, get up from a fall or out of a jam. Some even put their own lives at risk.

Take five minutes to restore your faith in humanity, then remember to go do something nice for someone.

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