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These musicians knows a little something about overcoming obstacles, and it's not just because they've managed to rock steady for 25 years straight

You may never have heard of Pima County. But its morgue has earned itself a notorious reputation as the busiest in the country for migrant deaths—the end of the road for more than 2,000 people who have tried to cross the vast Sonoran Desert north of the Mexico.

Mendocino, Trinity and Humboldt counties comprise The Emerald Triangle in Northern California, where recent college graduates from all over the United States flock to harvest and trim marijuana buds. Mostly, they're highly educated, jobless hipsters.

In Tehe, a rural village in far-western Nepal, the people are isolated and extremely superstitious.

As the war in Syria rages on, refugees are continuing to pour over the Lebanese border into Arsal. For those who are injured, Dr. Kasim and his staff are dedicated to treating whoever walks through the hospital doors. Meet the man treating fighters from both sides of the Syrian civil war.