Today is the world’s first International Day of Happiness. Created by the UN to recognise happiness as a global human goal, this day gives us all a chance to reflect over what makes us happy in life. ELL went out and asked the people in Lewisham, Tower Hamlets, Croydon and Hackney: What would make you happy today?

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 Natty, 7, and Theo, 7, from Stamford Hill

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 Raj Soor, 49, pub manager, from Croydon

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 Helen Lock, 24, student, from Whitechapel

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 Junior Bierre, 50, Hackney park warden, from Springfield Park

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Krissy Leopard, 31, student, from New Cross

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 Martin, 35, from Lewisham

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 Andy Souter, 21, fireman, from Forest Hill

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Zac, 12, from Stamford Hill