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The Wild Robot and Flow present oddly hopeful post-apocalypses

What does the world look like after humans? Two animated films have some ideas.
Roz the robot and her many woodland creature friends stand in the ashes of a forest fire.
The Wild Robot depicts a post-apocalypse that can't help but carry elements of beauty and hope. (Credit: Dreamworks Animation)

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